Christian Comotto is set to sign a new deal with Milan that ties him to the club for five more years, according to MilanNews.
Holding onto the best academy prospects has become a live problem for Milan, not a routine bit of paperwork. Mattia Liberali walked out the door to join Como rather than commit his future to the club that raised him, and that stung enough to change how the management approaches its young talent. Comotto was next on the list of players rivals were circling, so keeping him matters as a statement that Milanello can still be a place where the best kids want to stay.
MilanNews report that Juventus, Bologna, Parma and Fiorentina all made enquiries about the midfielder before Milan closed the renewal. What convinced Comotto and his agent was the development path the club laid out, rather than money, which tells you something about how the pitch has changed.
The 17-year-old is coming off a loan at Spezia that did his stock plenty of good, and he is now training with the senior group under Ruben Amorim during preseason. The club, the coach and the player's camp will decide together whether he stays around the first team or goes back out for more minutes.
Francesco Camarda is expected to be the next name Milan move to protect. After the Liberali episode, that urgency is overdue, and Comotto is the first sign the message landed.