Report Diego Moreira cost Milan minimum €51m and up to €67.8m
ITALY - SEPTEMBER 20: Diego Moreira of AC Milan celebrates scoring his team’s third goal during the Serie A match between AC Milan and US Lecce at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on September 20, 2026 in Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)
Milan paid at least €51m to buy Diego Moreira from RC Strasbourg, claim Calcio e Finanza, with bonuses potentially raising that to €67.8m, making him their second most expensive buy in history.
The Rossoneri have been very guarded over the exact figures for their transfers in recent months, with wildly different versions reported on the purchase of Goncalo Ramos from Paris Saint-Germain.
Calcio e Finanza claim they were able to view documents around the Diego Moreira move and that the cost comes to €51.282m plus add-ons.
This alone would make him the second most expensive player in Milan’s history, after Ramos, but ahead of the €49.5m spent on Rafael Leao.
Moreira has series of performance-related bonuses
That is not all, because the contract includes various performance-related bonuses that can boost the fee to Strasbourg.
If the Belgium international has at least 10 goal contributions (assist or goal) in a single season, then it would generate an extra €2.051m bonus.
This is a one-off bonus that can be used only once, though.
If Moreira starts at least 15 games in one season and plays 45 minutes, then that provides another €1.025m.
In this case, it can be used twice over the course of his stay at San Siro, so a maximum of €5.128m.
If the player renews his current contract, then Milan would owe his old club €2.051m, and it can be used twice.
There are also various team performance-related bonuses, such as €1.025m for every time the Rossoneri qualify for the Champions League, but only if Moreira features in at least 2,000 minutes of Serie A football in that season.
The same is true of Europa League qualification, but that bonus is worth only €256,000.
If Milan win the Scudetto with Moreira playing at least 2,000 minutes that Serie A season, then Strasbourg can pocket another €1.538m, but it would replace the bonus for the Champions League.
The total figure in case all these bonuses are activated would come to €67.8m, but that’s not all.
Calcio e Finanza also explain there is a complicated sell-on clause with Strasbourg receiving a percentage calculated on the net fee.
If it’s under €10m, then they get nothing, up to €50m it’s 10 per cent of the difference between €10m and €50m, so around €4m.
The cut rises to €5m if he is sold for €50-55m, or €6.75m if the sale is €70-100m.
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