Bologna Transfer Market: Juve and Inter also on Sam, the Rossoblu offer 2 million

Last week ended with the CEO of the Bologna Claudio Fenucci who spoke like this, from the stage of the Festival della Lega Calcio. "If you read and listen to the media next year we won't have a team and we'll sell all our players, but it won't be like that. We want to try to keep them all and lengthen the squad a bit. We know it won't be easy but we'll try".

The week opened with the rossoblù management working to transform these words into facts. New contacts with Charalampos Lykogiannis (31 years old), expiring at the end of the month: the white smoke for the renewal is near. Not only that: contacts with Milan under the heading Tommaso pobega (25). Bologna does not intend to redeem the player from the loan for the 10 million agreed last summer, but has sent the Rossoneri club a new loan offer with an option to redeem for around 6-7 million.

In the Casteldebole headquarters they are waiting for the response to the proposal to try to negotiate the reconfirmation of the midfielder, Vincenzo Italiano's trusted man, as well as the Greek, who this year closed the year with 7 assists.

The turning point for Lykogiannis is close: the left back announced yesterday that he was willing to accept the 1+1 proposal put forward by Bologna, after initially wanting a three-year contract and taking his time to look around, given the interest of Panathinaikos, Aek and Olympiacos.

Bologna is proposing an adjustment to the 500 thousand euro salary of the last two years, reaching 800 thousand. There are details related to bonuses and appearances that will trigger the possible renewal until 2027 to be filed, but the parties are close and there is optimism that the white smoke could arrive by the end of this week or at the beginning of next.

The thorniest chapter, however, concerns Sam Beukema. The Dutchman has a contract (until 2027): the problem is that he is one of the most sought-after players on the market, along with Lucumi and Ndoye. Napoli wants him. Inter have also knocked on his door and in the last few hours Juventus. Bologna puts the renewal on the table, trying to play ahead of the game, given that there are still no offers officially on the table for the centre-back: a contract until 2029 with a salary of 2 million, with the promise of a year as a protagonist in Europe and further growth to evaluate offers for him next year.

With Lucumi's contract expiring in 2026, requested by Roma and Bournemouth, the Rossoblu management and technical staff do not want to have to redo the entire central axis of the defense in one fell swoop. The good news is that Beukema is thinking about it: the relationship with Bologna and Bologna is excellent, the player believes in the project and the club. However, having reached 27 years of age, he knows that he has a couple of years left to make the big leap and asks the club to evaluate unmissable offers (from 40-50 million), which would guarantee him a salary of 3,5 to 5 million, figures that are unimaginable under the Two Towers. Beukema remains a question mark for now, but waiting for any offers he is ready to negotiate the renewal, without ruling out the idea of ​​staying at least another year.