WINDOW STRESSING

Mateta left in limbo as his Italian job gets cancelled

- BY JOHN CROSS

JEAN-PHILIPPE MATETA saw his dream deadline day move to AC Milan collapse.
The Crystal Palace striker was left in limbo after the Italian giants pulled out of a £30m move following extra medical checks.

Mateta, 28, has been nursing a knee issue and underwent an initial medical, but AC Milan wanted extra tests and then pulled the plug on deadline day.

It was a hammer blow for Mateta who expected to leave Palace in this window and has been at the centre of several transfer bids.

Nottingham Forest had a £35m bid rejected by Palace last week, while Juventus also wanted to do a deal on the basis of an initial loan with an option to make it permanent in the summer.