Milan Back Out of Mateta Deal in Quiet Deadline Day | OneFootball

After setting up the deal in a hurry and leapfrogging Juventus, Milan opted not to complete the acquisition of Jean-Philippe Mateta for about €35M on deadline day. They had reservations about the conditions of his knees after in-depth check-ups in Paris, Gianluca Di Marzio informs.

The Rossoneri snapped up talent Alphadjo Cissé from Verona, but he’ll stay on loan at Catanzaro. He has scored six times already in Serie B.

Inter ultimately stood pat, as their final attempts to convince the PIF fund and PSV to let go of Moussa Diaby and Ivan Perisic were in vain. Moreover, they considered sending Davide Frattesi to Bournemouth and replacing him with Curtis Jones. However, Liverpool said no. Instead, they snapped up a midfielder for the future, Yannis Massolin from Modena. He’ll join them in the summer.

Sassuolo added two pieces from Olympique Marseille, veteran fullback Ulysses Garcia and starlet Darryl Bakola, and one from Juventus, defender Pedro Felipe. Torino acquired Enzo Ebosse from Udinese via Verona to substitute for Adam Masina and Ali Dembele.

Parma are bringing a familiar face back to Serie A, as they reached an agreement with Olympiakos for Gabriel Strefezza. He previously excelled at Como, Lecce, and SPAL. A few sides wanted Zito Luvumbo, and he ultimately picked Mallorca. Udinese secured up-and-coming defender Branimir Mlacic from Hajduk Split, who had been linked to bigger sides, on deadline day.

Cremonese had been slumping lately and brought in two experienced contributors: Morten Thorsby from Genoa and Sebastiano Luperto, who’s once again reuniting with coach Davide Nicola. Pisa brought Samuel Iling-Junior back to Serie A from Aston Villa. He spent the first half of the season at West Bromwich Albion.