Serie A Sassuolo are reported to be keen to seal an early permanent deal for loanee Blues keeper Aro Muric but at a reduced price.

Kosovo international Muric joined the newly promoted Serie B champions on a season-long loan in August with an option for a €10 million (£8.7 million) long-term switch next summer.

Now, according to Sport Mediaset, the ninth-placed Neroverdi have made it known that they would like to do an earlier permanent deal and are trying to negotiate a small discount on the figure agreed last summer.

The 26-year-old has made an impressive start to his season in Italy, keeping two Serie A clean sheets in five games, while his form has been even better for Kosovo during their World Cup qualification campaign, keeping three successive clean sheets as his side closes in on a play-off place.

Swiss-born Muric endured a tough first season at Portman Road having signed from Burnley for £8 million plus £2 million in add-ons in July last year, signing a four-year deal.

Muric’s 2024/25 was ended prematurely by a shoulder injury which required surgery and his only involvement in pre-season was as a half-time sub in the 2-1 victory over Charlton at Colchester.

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Marinersnose added 11:18 - Oct 17 Many have been fair and correct in their assessment of Muric in that his communication with defenders wasn’t good but crosses and shot stopping was very good. I suppose the fact O’Shea didn’t get on with him even before they arrived here suggests communication breakdown for various reasons. I’m not sure Palmer is any better with his distribution as again O’Shea isn’t comfortable receiving the ball under pressure. Morsy was excellent at doing exactly that.

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blues1 added 11:21 - Oct 17 Algarvefan.Dont get why you think if we sell Muric that we'd need for but a new keeper in January. Or why if hes sold, that would mean, Walton would go as well.
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Linkboy13 added 12:15 - Oct 17 We all have our opinions about players but the coaching staff work with them on a regular basis so they know better than us. My opinion for what it's worth is that Murics mistakes tended to be out of the ordinary and the defence lost all confidence in him and McKenna had to leave him out after standing by him. But then again perhaps they don't know what they're doing i know who's side im on.

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virginblue added 13:11 - Oct 17 How does anyone think there’ll be a bidding war. There’s literally a contract that says they have to buy him for a fixed price if they stay up. If they want to keep him then of course they’d try and offer a little less now - who wouldn’t. I doubt many here would argue if we tried to make Kipre permanent now, and of course if we wanted that we would offer less than what is contractually stipulated when those conditions have not yet been met.

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C_Thomsen added 16:47 - Oct 17 I thought initially this had Sereni written all over it, and would have had to write the entire fee off (if he ended up on the bench), but with his current form, we might even check out with a profit.
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Bluearmy_81 added 19:16 - Oct 17 Why was he so god damn terrible for us?! Rushing out to a suicide ball vs Bournemouth like a Sunday league player? Seriously makes you wonder…
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