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Brighton left wing and South Korean female player Park Soo-jung join Milan, Cagliari loans Napoli midfielder

4:00am, 25 July 2025【Football】

AC Milan Club officially announced that it had signed 27-year-old Ecuadorian left-back Perves Estupinien from the Premier League Brighton Club. The transfer fee is reportedly 17 million euros, plus a 2 million prize clause and play-off.

After playing on England's south coast for three years, Esturpinian is now switching to Serie A, where he signed a five-year contract with the Ross and Blacks until the summer of 2030.

Theo Hernandez transfers to Riyadh Crescent this summer, with Esturpinian taking over the Frenchman as left back. This is Milan's fourth new signing in the summer transfer window, after they have introduced midfielder Richie, midfielder Modric and goalkeeper Traciano.

Estupinian, who looks very similar to Chinese actor Song Xiaobao, is the first Ecuadorian player in Milan's history. He chose to wear the No. 2 jersey in the 2025-26 season.

" AC Milan is pleased to announce that Esturpinian has joined the club permanently from Brighton. The Ecuadorian defender has signed a contract with the Ross and Blacks that is valid until 30 June 2030."

" Esturpinian was born in Esmeraldas (Ecuador) on January 21, 1998 and started his football journey with the LDU youth team in Quito. He was in La September 2015 The U first team made his debut and played 45 times for the club. "

" Before joining Villarreal, he also played for Granada, Almeria, Majorca and Osasuna. In the Yellow Submarine, he made 74 appearances and won the Europa League championship. In the summer of 2022, he transferred to Brighton and scored 5 goals in 104 games with the Seagulls. "

" Since 2019, Esturpinian made his debut for the Ecuador national team, and has played 48 times so far and has scored 4 goals. He will wear the No. 2 jersey of the Ross and Blacks."

AC Milan Club also confirmed on its official website that the women's football team signed the 20-year-old Korean striker Park Soo-jung, who is the first Korean player in the club's women's football history.

Park Soo-jung is from Ulsan Academy and plays as a striker. She has signed a contract with the Milan Women's Football Team for 3 years and is valid until June 30, 2028.

Park Soo-jung was born in 2004 and competed with the South Korean U17 and U20 teams all the way, and completed her debut in the adult national team in May 2025.

With her arrival, Park Soo-jung became the first Korean player in the history of AC Milan women's team. On July 24, local time in Italy, Cagliari Club officially announced that it would introduce 27-year-old Italian midfielder Michael Folorenshaw on loan from Naples and have the right to buy out his ownership next summer.

Folorencio's loan fee is reported to be €500,000, and the Italian midfielder's transfer is 8 million if the Sardinian club decides to buy out its ownership in June 2026.

27-year-old Folorenshaw was selected for the Italian national team to participate in the 2024 European Cup and has played twice for the Blues. Folorenzio is a Lazio youth training player. He joined Napoli in 2019, but was loaned to a series of team training, including Bari, Podenone, Verona. He went to Fiorentina in January 2025.

Last season in Napoli and Fiorentina, he made a total of 26 appearances and only gave one assist. During his career, Folorenshau has participated in 54 Serie A games, scoring 5 goals and assisting 1 goal.