For many months, Nigel de Jong looked set to leave AC Milan. He and his agent wouldn’t immediately sign a contract extension. Time went on.
The fear was very real: Milan had already lost one star to free agency (Andrea Pirlo), and history was ready to repeat itself.
“First of all I want to figure out what Milan’s plans are to get back to being the great club of the past,” he told nu.nl (h/t Football Italia) in March.
Something convinced him, as De Jong quietly re-signed with the Rossoneri on a new three-year deal, per Football Italia.