Sun Sport<\/a> claims that Mourinho has turned his attention to AC Milan captain, Leonardo Bonucci and he hopes to complete the signing of the Italian before the end of preseason.<\/p>\nBonucci joined Milan last season after falling out with Juventus manager, Max Allegri, but he failed to help the former European champions qualify for the Champions League while a ban for breaking FFP Rules means that they would not be taking part in the Europa League next season also.<\/p>\n
Mourinho hopes that the lure of Champions League football and even higher wages would tempt the defender to make the switch.<\/p>\n
He is prepared to offer the financially troubles Milan \u00a330 million for the defender.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho has taken his eyes down to the Italian\u00a0Serie A as he continues to search for a new defensive leader ahead of the new season. The Red Devils have been looking for a new defender this summer as Mourinho believes his current options are simply not good enough to lead them to the Premier League title. He has targetted Clement Lenglet, but the French man decided to join Barcelona instead, he also wants to sign Tottenham’s Toby Alderweireld, but Tottenham are playing hardball over the sale of the World Cup star. Sun Sport claims that Mourinho has turned his attention to AC Milan captain, Leonardo Bonucci and he hopes to complete the signing of the Italian before the end of preseason. Bonucci joined Milan last season after falling out with Juventus manager, Max Allegri, but he failed to help the former European champions qualify for the Champions League while a ban for breaking FFP Rules means that they would not be taking part in the Europa League next season also. Mourinho hopes that the lure of Champions League football and even higher wages would tempt the defender to make the switch. He is prepared to offer the financially troubles Milan \u00a330 million for the defender.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4306,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-transfer-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
Jose Mourinho want to sign Italian legend for \u00a330 million - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/jose-mourinho-want-to-sign-italian-legend-for-30-million\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jose Mourinho want to sign Italian legend for \u00a330 million - Matchplug Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho has taken his eyes down to the Italian\u00a0Serie A as he continues to search for a new defensive leader ahead of the new season. The Red Devils have been looking for a new defender this summer as Mourinho believes his current options are simply not good enough to lead them to the Premier League title. He has targetted Clement Lenglet, but the French man decided to join Barcelona instead, he also wants to sign Tottenham’s Toby Alderweireld, but Tottenham are playing hardball over the sale of the World Cup star. Sun Sport claims that Mourinho has turned his attention to AC Milan captain, Leonardo Bonucci and he hopes to complete the signing of the Italian before the end of preseason. Bonucci joined Milan last season after falling out with Juventus manager, Max Allegri, but he failed to help the former European champions qualify for the Champions League while a ban for breaking FFP Rules means that they would not be taking part in the Europa League next season also. Mourinho hopes that the lure of Champions League football and even higher wages would tempt the defender to make the switch. He is prepared to offer the financially troubles Milan \u00a330 million for the defender.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/jose-mourinho-want-to-sign-italian-legend-for-30-million\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Matchplug Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-07-16T04:32:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-24T16:16:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/leonardo-bonucci-matchplug-soccer-betting-tips-match-previews-betting-tips-smashed-tips.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/jose-mourinho-want-to-sign-italian-legend-for-30-million\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/jose-mourinho-want-to-sign-italian-legend-for-30-million\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Jose Mourinho want to sign Italian legend for \u00a330 million\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-07-16T04:32:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-24T16:16:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/jose-mourinho-want-to-sign-italian-legend-for-30-million\/\"},\"wordCount\":219,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/jose-mourinho-want-to-sign-italian-legend-for-30-million\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/leonardo-bonucci-matchplug-soccer-betting-tips-match-previews-betting-tips-smashed-tips.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Football\",\"Transfer news\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/jose-mourinho-want-to-sign-italian-legend-for-30-million\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/jose-mourinho-want-to-sign-italian-legend-for-30-million\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/jose-mourinho-want-to-sign-italian-legend-for-30-million\/\",\"name\":\"Jose Mourinho want to sign Italian legend for \u00a330 million - Matchplug Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/jose-mourinho-want-to-sign-italian-legend-for-30-million\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/jose-mourinho-want-to-sign-italian-legend-for-30-million\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/leonardo-bonucci-matchplug-soccer-betting-tips-match-previews-betting-tips-smashed-tips.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-07-16T04:32:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-24T16:16:41+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/jose-mourinho-want-to-sign-italian-legend-for-30-million\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/jose-mourinho-want-to-sign-italian-legend-for-30-million\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/jose-mourinho-want-to-sign-italian-legend-for-30-million\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/leonardo-bonucci-matchplug-soccer-betting-tips-match-previews-betting-tips-smashed-tips.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/leonardo-bonucci-matchplug-soccer-betting-tips-match-previews-betting-tips-smashed-tips.jpg\",\"width\":960,\"height\":640},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/jose-mourinho-want-to-sign-italian-legend-for-30-million\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Jose Mourinho want to sign Italian legend for \u00a330 million\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Matchplug Blog\",\"description\":\"Matchplug is the best soccer prediction site connecting bettors with winning tips. We are spot on in our Soccer predictions, premier league predictions, Bet9ja prediction, matched betting and premier betting.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Matchplug Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/cropped-mp_logo_2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/cropped-mp_logo_2.png\",\"width\":389,\"height\":218,\"caption\":\"Matchplug Blog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/author\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Jose Mourinho want to sign Italian legend for \u00a330 million - Matchplug Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/jose-mourinho-want-to-sign-italian-legend-for-30-million\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Jose Mourinho want to sign Italian legend for \u00a330 million - Matchplug Blog","og_description":"Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho has taken his eyes down to the Italian\u00a0Serie A as he continues to search for a new defensive leader ahead of the new season. The Red Devils have been looking for a new defender this summer as Mourinho believes his current options are simply not good enough to lead them to the Premier League title. He has targetted Clement Lenglet, but the French man decided to join Barcelona instead, he also wants to sign Tottenham’s Toby Alderweireld, but Tottenham are playing hardball over the sale of the World Cup star. Sun Sport claims that Mourinho has turned his attention to AC Milan captain, Leonardo Bonucci and he hopes to complete the signing of the Italian before the end of preseason. Bonucci joined Milan last season after falling out with Juventus manager, Max Allegri, but he failed to help the former European champions qualify for the Champions League while a ban for breaking FFP Rules means that they would not be taking part in the Europa League next season also. Mourinho hopes that the lure of Champions League football and even higher wages would tempt the defender to make the switch. He is prepared to offer the financially troubles Milan \u00a330 million for the defender.","og_url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/jose-mourinho-want-to-sign-italian-legend-for-30-million\/","og_site_name":"Matchplug Blog","article_published_time":"2018-07-16T04:32:06+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-03-24T16:16:41+00:00","og_image":[{"width":960,"height":640,"url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/leonardo-bonucci-matchplug-soccer-betting-tips-match-previews-betting-tips-smashed-tips.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/jose-mourinho-want-to-sign-italian-legend-for-30-million\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/jose-mourinho-want-to-sign-italian-legend-for-30-million\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Jose Mourinho want to sign Italian legend for \u00a330 million","datePublished":"2018-07-16T04:32:06+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-24T16:16:41+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/jose-mourinho-want-to-sign-italian-legend-for-30-million\/"},"wordCount":219,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/jose-mourinho-want-to-sign-italian-legend-for-30-million\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/leonardo-bonucci-matchplug-soccer-betting-tips-match-previews-betting-tips-smashed-tips.jpg","articleSection":["Football","Transfer news"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/jose-mourinho-want-to-sign-italian-legend-for-30-million\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/jose-mourinho-want-to-sign-italian-legend-for-30-million\/","url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/jose-mourinho-want-to-sign-italian-legend-for-30-million\/","name":"Jose Mourinho want to sign Italian legend for \u00a330 million - Matchplug Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/jose-mourinho-want-to-sign-italian-legend-for-30-million\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/jose-mourinho-want-to-sign-italian-legend-for-30-million\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/leonardo-bonucci-matchplug-soccer-betting-tips-match-previews-betting-tips-smashed-tips.jpg","datePublished":"2018-07-16T04:32:06+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-24T16:16:41+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/jose-mourinho-want-to-sign-italian-legend-for-30-million\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/jose-mourinho-want-to-sign-italian-legend-for-30-million\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/jose-mourinho-want-to-sign-italian-legend-for-30-million\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/leonardo-bonucci-matchplug-soccer-betting-tips-match-previews-betting-tips-smashed-tips.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/leonardo-bonucci-matchplug-soccer-betting-tips-match-previews-betting-tips-smashed-tips.jpg","width":960,"height":640},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/jose-mourinho-want-to-sign-italian-legend-for-30-million\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Jose Mourinho want to sign Italian legend for \u00a330 million"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/","name":"Matchplug Blog","description":"Matchplug is the best soccer prediction site connecting bettors with winning tips. We are spot on in our Soccer predictions, premier league predictions, Bet9ja prediction, matched betting and premier betting.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Matchplug Blog","url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/cropped-mp_logo_2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/cropped-mp_logo_2.png","width":389,"height":218,"caption":"Matchplug Blog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"","url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/author\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/leonardo-bonucci-matchplug-soccer-betting-tips-match-previews-betting-tips-smashed-tips.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4691"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29174,"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4691\/revisions\/29174"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}