Gianluca Di Marzio spoke on Sky last night and he provided an update regarding AC Milan’s hunt for a new striker, suggesting Joshua Zirkzee is no longer an option.
It is a huge summer for the Milan management as they must appoint a new head coach and then begin work improving the squad by making additions in each department if they are to bridge the gap to Inter.
At the moment the only certainty seems to be that Paulo Fonseca will be named as the new manager within the next couple of weeks, and we recently profiled the kind of strikers that he has worked with during his spells at Braga, Shakhtar Donetsk, Roma and Lille.
Di Marzio spoke on his segment for Sky last night and he was asked for the latest on Milan’s pursuit of a centre-forward, with his comments relayed by Radio Rossonera.
“We don’t think there is an striker close to AC Milan at the moment. There is a list of candidates, certainly at the top it has been and there is Zirkzee, who however has particular evaluations in terms of requests from the player’s agent,” he said.
“I’m not saying they’re as much as the player’s price tag, but a little less… he has high costs, it’s not even a given that Kompany won’t bring him back to Bayern Munich and keep him there.
“To date, perhaps the most feasible one is Gimenez from Feyenoord, Guirassy is closer to other clubs, especially abroad. The striker market revolves around Osimhen, Sesko, and then the others will follow suit.”