AC Milan are active on multiple negotiating tables and they held fresh talks regarding Lazar Samardzic over the weekend, a report claims.
As Calciomercato.com recall, Samardzic was very close to joining Inter a year ago and even did his medical but he could now sign for the red half of the city, something that he wants to do given his desire to take a jump in his career.
Milan have identified him as the right reinforcement for Paulo Fonseca’s midfield because he is young but already experienced in Serie A, he is technical but also physical and he has ample room to develop.
The Rossoneri like him, the negotiation is well underway and the interest is reciprocated. In fact, the player has let his entourage and especially Udinese know that he wants to move to Milan, who are offering €15m versus an asking price of €25m.
The counterparts that Milan have tried to include in the negotiation to lower the price have not convinced. Kevin Zeroli, Davide Bartesaghi, Tommaso Pobega, Lorenzo Colombo and Yacine Adli were the names brought up, but none have got the green light from both sides.
The feelings however ‘remain positive’ that a deal can be reached, while Milan are working on a five-year deal for the player. The commissions to his father-agent should be in the range of €5m, which is what the club has allocated, and everything suggests that contacts will continue in the coming hours.
Samardzic has rejected Lazio and Fenerbahce because he wants to play in the Champions League, he has a contract expiring with Udinese in 2026 and the Bianconeri know that selling him now would represent the right solution for everyone. A new offer is being prepared.
Zeroli and Bartesaghi was the players Udinese wanted and milan put forward Pobega, Colombo and Adli but to no interest of the Friulians.
Can you blame them? Zeroli and Bartesaghi have huge upside. I think Colombo has decent potential, i mean he’s 21. But i could be wrong, he could be the next Crutone for all i know.
I don’t blame them for trying but I just made my post because I could foresee people going nuts if they thought AC Milan had offered Zeroli or Bartesaghi in a potential deal.
To be fair I think all the players Milan apparently offered could be of use to Udinese.
20-22 million is what they will settle on I think with no counter parts.
Lets see what happens but I wouldn’t exclude the possibility either.
If you mean Cutrone, he did score a lot of goals last season with Como and helped them to gain promotion to Serie A and seems to continue scoring for them as he was on target last week in their friendly match.
It will be quite interesting to see how he fares in Serie A this season but considering all the years in between the sale of Cutrone who will reach the age of 27 later this season I certainly wouldn’t call it a bad sale even though I was rather disheartened when it happened.
Samardzic has got e very good technically above average left foot.
He can also use his weaker foot here and there. An upgrade to adli because of more playing time garnered.