Sandro Tonali turned down Barcelona and Manchester United because he wanted to join Milan, According to Brescia president Massimo Cellino.
Tonali starred in 2019-20 for Brescia, although they were relegated from Serie A.
The 20-year-old is set to join Milan, earlier he was strongly linked to a move to Inter. Tonali is eager to join Milan, despite offers from Barcelona and United, said Cellino.
“We received a €65million offer from Barcelona in January. Not later than 10 days ago we received a 10million higher offer from Manchester United than that from Milan,” he told Top Calcio 24.
“But the boy was set to go to the Rossoneri.”
Cellino added: “I know Conte thought a lot about Tonali [Antonio] but I was also convinced that he was going to Inter.”
“But the boy no longer wanted to hear anything at a certain point, and went to Milan.”
