His statistics in the AC Milan youth teams had impressed observers. With nearly 500 goals scored in just 89 matches played in the colors of the Primavera, the Italian U17 international will have big decisions to make in the coming months regarding the rest of his career. Already compared to Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland and Karim Benzema, Italian striker Francesco Camarada (16 years old) is living a daydream this season with AC Milan. He indeed celebrated his big first, replacing Luka Jović in the 84th minute against Fiorentina in Serie A. With this first call-up and appearance, Camarada became the youngest player in the history of the Italian championship with his 15 years and 8 months.
Born on March 10, 2008, Francesco Camarda celebrates his 16th birthday this Sunday. A symbolic age in football since the young Italian player is now free to sign his first professional contract. If AC Milan remains in pole position to retain the services of the native of Lombardy, tough European competition has positioned itself on the file. According to our information, in addition to Arsenal, Manchester City, Tottenham and Borussia Dortmund, Paris Saint-Germain is also monitoring the future of Francesco Camarda very closely. Inter Milan and Juventus are also determined to steal the nugget from their Milanese rival. A battle which therefore promises to be intensive for several reasons but Luis Campos’ PSG, which regularly relies on young and clever moves as recently with Lucas Beraldo in defense or even Cher Ndour in the middle last summer, does not yet want to ‘admit defeat.
The Rossoneri hold the rope
But it will not be easy to beat AC Milan who had a clear lead in the file. Indeed, according to our indiscretions, the Milanese management has already opened negotiations to keep its young diamond. However, no agreement has yet been reached between the parties. The Rossoneri would like to postpone the signing of this first professional contract until the summer of 2024 in the hope of signing him for three full seasons until 2027 and not just two and a half years, while the young Camarda wants rapid contractual assurance . In addition, there are also financial details to be resolved with the player and his entourage. The sporting promises and objectives set for the coming years will also be essential in the discussions, at a time when several young Italian players do not hesitate to play the card of early exile.
The last point that will need to be monitored remains the aggressiveness of Juventus in the file. The Piedmontese management had already come close to snatching the Italian nugget from AC Milan for his first youth contract (from 14 to 16 years old) but Francesco Camarda had finally chosen the choice of the heart by joining the training classes of the Rossoneri, the favorite club of this native of the Fashion Capital. His agent, Beppe Riso, recently called for caution: “As always happens with all our clients, we will have to sit down and carefully evaluate what is the best path forward for Camarda”. Optimism reigns but the signature has not yet been finalized. Certain clubs like PSG will clearly have arguments to put forward to convince the young striker and his entourage but they will have to decide quickly to catch up with Milan…
