A journalist has revealed that both Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain showed a strong interest in signing Ismael Bennacer from AC Milan.
Bennacer arrived at Milan from Empoli last summer for a fee of about €16million (as per all the major media outlets) and after a mixed start to his career at the San Siro, the Algerian has impressed greatly under coach Stefano Pioli, attracting interest from various clubs across Europe.
Read SempreMilan ad-free and get access to exclusive news. Click here for a free trial!
Two clubs who have been repeatedly linked by the French media are Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain, with the latter’s ownership believed to be pushing for his signature at one point.
According to Vito Angele on Twitter, both the Premier League and the Ligue 1 club were interested in the 22-year-old, but PSG’s sporting director Leonardo couldn’t spend for budgetary reasons.
That is why he only attempted loans or low-paid transactions and there was no official offer for Bennacer, with nobody offering anything close to his €50m release clause.
