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AC Milan CEO Reveals He Reached Agreement With Juventus for Leonardo Bonucci in Just 30 Minutes

AC Milan CEO Marco Fassone has revealed that the club reached an agreement with Juventus to sign Leonardo Bonucci in "30 minutes".

The Rossoneri signed the defender in a surprise €40m deal, one of a number of high-profile, big money arrivals in the summer.

Fassone has admitted that bringing in the experienced Italy international had not originally been in the club's plans.

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“At the beginning he [Bonucci] was not in our plans," Fassone told Il Corriere dello Sport. "When Montella and Mirabelli told me we could have signed him I did not want to believe it.