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Italian FA chief takes aim at agents' fees amid Donnarumma saga

The president of the Italian Football Association has said agents' fees are "offensive" amid the saga over the future of AC Milan goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.

Carlo Tavecchio condemned the kind of money agents such as Donnarumma's representative Mino Raiola earn from the movement of players.

"Some of the figures I hear are offensive to our country," he said. "I've decided to implement a commission with our own solicitors to see if we can find something new in this field because we are talking about anachronistic situations and, in a country like ours, we need to think long and hard about it."

Raiola earned €27 million from the sale of Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba to Manchester United a year ago, and Tavecchio believes such sums are unacceptable in Italy, where a majority survive on under €1,000 a month.

He has indicated that he believes Donnarumma to go it alone, with calcioefinanza.it reporting him as saying: "I've just heard about him closing down his social networks.

"I had the pleasure once of telling him: 'You're studying accountancy, and on July 5 you have your exams and this is the most important subject for you. Then, when you become an accountant, you will understand better.'"

On Monday, Donnarumma hinted that he could reconsider and stay with Milan, adding that he first wants to focus on Italy at the European Under-21 Championship in Poland.

Club coach Vincenzo Montella met the player's family last week to discuss their position and told Sky Sport Italia: "I think that him staying at Milan does not depend on me or Milan. Donnarumma deserves to have a bit more time, and we all hope that he chooses the Rossoneri in the end."

Former Milan defender Alessandro Costacurta also said he hoped Donnarumma would stay, telling Sky: "It would do him good.

"He's a player who has a lot of credit in Italy which he does not have abroad. He can grow even more here and become the best goalkeeper around.

"I think that what Montella did was decisive in this whole issue."