Can Rayyan Cherki arrive in Italy? Maybe already this summer, because the deadline set for June 30, 2025 seems to interest more than a few clubs. In particular Lazio, which could aim to spend less just twelve months after the free transfer, even if then they would have to clash with the player’s requests, probably very high. And it is not said that he cannot do one last year at Olympique Lyon and then choose the best bidder, as a free agent, in a season, when he will still be very young.
Yet a few years ago Cherki’s family was in Milanello to negotiate with the Rossoneri. There was an intermediary involved – now the family is in charge of the deal – and the deal seemed done, given that the player did not have a contract. In fact, he was a free agent and Milan would have only paid compensation for the player’s training. What blocked everything, however, was the request for commissions from the entourage. About 2 million euros that made the Milan management, at the time with Paolo Maldini, stiffen, also because then there would probably have been a large signing bonus. Even Monchi at Roma was scared by the request, as there was a chat with Juventus, which went badly.
So who knows how much it will cost in 2025, if at all, to sign. Adidas did not spare any expense, because well before he made his debut and scored in the first team they had already sensed his possible future as a football superstar. They signed him to a ten-year contract even before 2020, for a total figure of around 30 million euros. Today Rayyan Cherki turns 21.