Gerry Cardinale will personally take charge of extending Adrien Rabiot's contract, with the process already in motion, according to MilanNews.
Rabiot arrived to add experience and steel to the midfield, and he has quickly become someone the club wants to build around rather than treat as a short-term fix. That the owner himself is stepping in signals how highly he is rated inside the building.
Preliminary meetings have already taken place with Véronique Rabiot, the player's mother and agent, who handles his contract affairs. No figures or timeline for a new deal have been reported, only that talks are set to intensify soon.
Ruben Amorim made his view of the Frenchman plain in his most recent press conference. "I didn't know him before arriving here, but Adrien is a crucial player for our project. We wanted to keep him, and if the opportunity arises, we'll have to renew his contract. He knows it," the head coach said.
Amorim also pointed to how quickly Rabiot settled in. "He's a great professional and has an impressive desire to learn. He helps his team-mates a lot during training. He played in Turin in just three training sessions, yet he was decisive. He's still far from his best form."
The on-pitch case backs the words. Rabiot has started both matches so far from the bench, yet still shaped the results, most notably away at Torino, where he supplied an assist and scored himself.
With the owner taking the file himself and first contact already made, the next move sits with the Rabiot camp.