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Brookfield and the Grifols family, which owns about a third of the Barcelona-based company that makes medicine derived from blood plasma, have since July been in talks to take it private. Earlier this month Brookfield made a 6.45-billion-euro bid for Grifols, offering a tentative non-binding price of 10.50 euros ($11) per share. Grifols swiftly rejected the bid, saying it "significantly underestimated the fundamental prospects and long-term potential" of the company. In a statement sent to Spanish stock market regulator CNMV, Brookfield said it was "not in a position to continue with a potential offer" for Grifols. Grifols said its board agreed that "it is not feasible that the transaction goes ahead" and remains focused on "improving the company's long-term value". Its share price plunged in January after US hedge fund Gotham City released a research note accusing the company of "manipulating" its reported debt and operational results to "artificially reduce" its debt ratio, and therefore its financing costs. Grifols has repeatedly denied the allegations. Gotham City is a prominent "short-seller" hedge fund that borrows stock in a company and sells it, hoping to buy it back cheaper to return it to the lender and pocket the difference. Grifols traces its history back to 1909, first as a blood analysis and transfusion laboratory before specialising in products derived from blood plasma. It is present in more than 30 countries including Australia, the United States and Japan. It posted revenue of 6.6 billion euros in 2023, a 10.9 percent increase over the previous year. vab/imm/cwIsmael Bennacer believes Milan ‘managed’ their emotions well in a , as he feels they could’ve also ‘conceded’ in a second half that saw the Giallorossi create dangerous chances. The Algerian midfielder returned to action four months after a serious injury and was ‘happy’ to be back, as he replaced Filippo Terracciano at half time and played the remaining 45 minutes. “I’m very happy to be back on the field, it was important for me because I worked really hard,” Bennacer told reporters at a post-match press conference “It’s never easy to recover from injuries like this. “It was a bit of a special match for me, we didn’t lose focus and managed our emotions well. We could have gone ahead, but we could have conceded a goal as well, in the end, we didn’t lose. “We have to look ahead because there’s an important goal to prepare for in the coming days. The 27-year-old had played his only minutes under coach Paulo Fonseca on the Serie A debut day against Torino and was back in what may have been the last game in charge for the Portuguese manager. Asked if he has found ‘problems’ in the team, Bennacer conceded they have ‘lost continuity’ and need to recover their ‘winning spirit’. “I won’t say there are problems within the team,” the midfielder continued. “We have new players, some of them young, and it’s up to us more experienced players to push the team. We’ve lost some continuity, but we need to find our winning spirit again. “For this, we just need work, patience, and the will to look forward.” The Rossoneri have won just two of their last five Serie A games and now sit eighth in the standings.