AC Milan are not required to sell players this summer before making signings with the summer transfer budget looking in good shape for a variety of reasons.
According to Corriere dello Sport (via Pianeta Milan), the Rossoneri will not need to sacrifice a major star such as Theo Hernandez or Mike Maignan to make the necessary moves in the transfer window this summer.
The overall balance sheet of the club is in a good place and revenues from commercial deals are only increasing, which eventually bleeds into the football operation.
Supposedly, the budget for the summer is somewhere between €90m and €100m. Around €50m will arrive from qualifying for the Champions League, and €17m comes from finishing second in Serie A.
Then, player redemptions like €23m from Atalanta for Charles De Ketelaere and €15m for players like Junior Messias, Rade Krunic and Alexis Saelemaekers will boost the budget.
Wages will be saved by the departures of Olivier Giroud, Simon Kjaer, Mattia Caldara and Antonio Mirante, so there should be around €100m to spend before the club has to shift players.
That does not mean that nobody will be sold as Milan may want to spend more than €100m, but the club does not have to step backwards to go forwards.