Anger. Pain. Hurt. Disappointment. Despite such a promising beginning to our mercato, we are all filled with anger. I never knew an 18 year old could break my heart like this, even when I was 18 years old. Donnarumma represented hope, faith, and the future of Milan, so his failure to sign a contract renewal represents a death of all of those things on some level. With emotions still raw, it was important to talk about what we know and how we feel.

I had to go back to the beginning for a conversation like this, so I asked my original co-blogger and founder of Milan Obsession, Jovan, to be on the podcast. We managed to talk about a few things besides Donnarumma, including:

• News of the Week: Suso, U21 Euros, U20 World Cup, FFP agreement, new team manager

• Mercato Update: new signings

• Donnarumma: renewal failure

Thanks again to Jovan for funneling his anger into intelligent conversation and for helping me to not break something while recording.