Getting to the bottom of Camarda's loan move [Bonus Article]

Based on precedents, it’s quite easy to tell how Camarda's loan move will go down, both from an accounting and a sporting point of view.

Francesco Camarda’s loan move to Lecce is all but official and amid reports of a buy-out option, as well as a buy-back clause in favour of Milan, there has been some speculation regarding how it affects the Rossoneri’s accounts. Based on precedents, it’s rather easy to tell how the deal will go down, both from an accounting and a sporting point of view.

Last season was far from ideal for the young striker. On the one hand, he got to make his Champions League debut and impressed in some performances with the first team. On the other hand, his overall development took a relatively big beating as spending lots of time on the bench, as opposed to helping out the Futuro side, made it a very choppy campaign.

Given just how much talk there has been about Camarda in the media and among fans for many years now, it’s quite surprising that Milan didn’t have a better strategy for their jewel. Perhaps it coincides with the fact that the season didn’t go as planned for the first team, nor the Futuro, but that’s not really an excuse as you only need consistency to ‘succeed’ in this case.

Having said the above, it’s clear that the loan move to Lecce could do wonders for the 17-year-old. We’re talking about a club that has helped develop players like Patrik Dorgu, Morten Hjulmand, Lameck Banda and so on. Not to mention that Eusebio Di Francesco was just announced as the new head coach; a coach who likes his teams to play an attacking-minded football.