AC Milan are ‘pushing on the accelerator’ with regards to their summer transfer window and will try negotiate a deal for Davide Frattesi, a report claims.
According to Calciomercato.com, CEO Giorgio Furlani will meet his counterpart at Sassuolo Giovanni Carnevali as well as Frattesi’s agent Beppe Riso to see if there are the margins to move forward with negotiations.
Inter and Roma are in the race, but the former seem more strongly interested in Lazar Samardzic at the moment while the latter have been hot and cold but do have a 30% resale clause which works as a discount.
On the one hand, the Neroverdi value Frattesi at no less than €40m and they are strengthened by the amount of interest from Italy and abroad, even if the Italian does not want to move to the Premier League.
On the other hand, the Rossoneri have no intention of going overboard for the 23-year-old and will instead try to limit the cash outlay they have to make, which is why counterparts could come into play.
There are names that Furlani and Moncada can put on the table, such as Daniel Maldini and Tommaso Pobega, but one in particular is to be kept an eye on and that is Lorenzo Colombo.
The 21-year-old has returned to Milanello after a positive loan experience at Lecce, making his debut in Serie A and scoring six goals in 2022-23, with Empoli admirers of him.
Colombo could therefore become a card to use to get Frattesi, but Milan value him at €15m and that is a figure that Carnevali would have to agree to. All will become clearer after today’s meeting.
