According to a report, AC Milan have identified their primary target for the summer mercato, but there is also a backup in the chance they are unsuccessful in their pursuit of him.
It is the summer of change at Milan, and after a new head coach, a new striker headlines the list of changes. Olivier Giroud’s departure gave added reasoning to their need for a new No.9, and their list has been changing for several months.
However, there has been a favoured target for months, and he has been in place since before the news of Giroud’s future.
We’re speaking about Joshua Zirkzee, the Dutchman from Bologna, who has set Serie A alight, and whilst interest is present from abroad, his dreams are to continue in Italy, at least for the moment. Reports have questioned the Rossoneri’s chances of landing him in recent weeks, but a report from today has suggested that he is still attainable, with Calciomercato.com stating that the club will go ‘all-in’ for him.
He is not the only idea, though, and it would be unreasonable to assume they are guaranteed to bring him to the club, so a ‘Plan B’ is in place, according to the report, and he goes by the name of Santiago Gimenez. There are risks attached to the Mexican, though, given there is heavy interest in him from the Premier League in his availability.
In a recent interview he said that he’s going to the US for holidays this summer. He also said that he barely spoke with Motta when he was his coach. If Bayern doesn’t bring him back, I think we have a strong shot.
I wonder if Moncada is thinking about Wahi. Lens will sell him this summer, his value dropped but he still has a lot of potential, he is very young and he was good during the last part of the season. As a backup he would be very nice, with potential to develop into a great player.
Milan is going after neither if I were to guess.
if you knew for sure how much money the club’s management is willing to give this summer for a “real” striker, it would be much clearer to us!?
Doesn’t really work that way though – they love to throw simple figures around, but reality is that it’s “how much per year over the next five years are they willing to give” and that figure is based on a combination of salary, pro-rata transfer fee, commissions and all the other fees that come along with his signing.
If we take a fairly low annual salary of €5m per year (gross) then we’d be adding something like €15-17m per year for five years to the books.
Benjamin Sesko a must for Milan
Benjamin Sesko will make a lot more money in England and his agents know it.
It’s true but only because Milan won’t spend for him – they have the room financially to match the numbers being thrown around.