Milan won the tug of war for Belgian Charles De Ketelaere.
Then the former player Jan Mulder, now an expert, criticizes the shooting star.
– I don’t understand anything, he says.
Several clubs have been interested in Charles De Ketelaere and it has been a companion all summer. On Tuesday, however, it became clear that Milan won the tug of war for the big talent, who signed a five-year contract.
“Understand nothing”
The talented midfielder will thus share a dressing room with Zlatan Ibrahimovic and other superstars. Even so, former Dutch national team player Jan Mulder is incomprehensible to De Ketelaere’s choice of club.
– I don’t understand anything about this transfer, he says to Het Laatste Nieuws according to the Football channel.
Premier League club Leeds United was also in the hunt for Charles De Ketelaere – a club choice that would have suited the midfielder much better, Jan Mulder thinks.
– Of course he should have gone to the Premier League because it is the best league in the world.
The pass to Zlatan
Jan Mulder, who represented Anderlecht and Ajax during his playing career, also sends a sour pass to Milan and Zlatan Ibrahimovic:
– Milan and Serie A, these days it’s where celebrities go in the autumn of life. Leeds play in the Premier League and also play attractive football – football that suits De Ketelaere, says Mulder.
The Belgian is Milan’s fifth new signing ahead of next season. Among other things, the Italian league champions have bought off the loans Alessandro Florenzi and Junior Messias from Roma and Crotone respectively.
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