AC Milan Open Talks for Lazio’s Mario Gila, Setting Up €10 Million Real Madrid Windfall

Overview

• Football Italia reports that Milan CEO Giorgio Furlani has opened dialogue with Lazio president Claudio Lotito, with negotiations expected to continue through the season for a summer transfer.
• The mooted fee is around €20m, which would route approximately €10m to Real Madrid due to a 50% sell-on clause retained from Gila’s 2022 move.
• Lazio are weighing the sell-on obligation as they set their price, seeking to maximise their net return for a defender who has become an important piece of their back line.
• Gila, 25, has been a regular starter this season with 21 league starts, averaging over ten defensive actions per game and helping deliver six clean sheets.
• Coverage frames the situation as advanced interest rather than a done deal, consistent with Madrid’s broader practice of profiting from sell-on clauses for academy graduates.