Bologna remain determined to negotiate a deal with Leicester City for Victor Kristiansen but have no intention of paying the €15m clause in his loan deal.
That’s according to Quotidiano Sportivo, who say that the Italian side remain determined to bring the defender’s asking price down this summer.
They explain that Kristiansen’s loan deal at the club is set to expire on June 30th and at this point in time he will be heading back to Leicester at that point.
He arrived from the Foxes on an expensive €1m loan last summer that included an option for Bologna to make it permanent for €15m.
The terms of that deal were set out as they were because Leicester, specifically Enzo Maresca, had planned to bring him back and thought he could flourish as a central defender in a three-man defence.
Maresca is now on his way to Chelsea, though, so plans have changed on that front. Bologna, meanwhile, are sticking to their guns.
They like the player and want him permanently but don’t want to spend €15m to get him and would like to negotiate downwards to around €8-9m.
Much will depend on who their new manager is, with Thiago Motta heading to Juventus and a new man set to come in. He’ll have his own ideas and could want a different profile to the Leicester man.
If he doesn’t, though, and approves of a move for him, Bologna intend to stick to their guns and try to push his asking price down.
