Signing a new striker might be AC Milan’s priority heading into the summer transfer window, but they also want to add a defensive midfielder to help balance the department.
According to this morning’s edition of La Gazzetta dello Sport, Paulo Fonseca is already at work with the management planning how the team might look for next season, and several areas to improve have been identified.
One of these is the midfield where there is no physical player to act in front of the back four. The right profile could be Youssouf Fofana from Monaco , who still has one year left on his contract but in recent days announced his desire to leave the Monegasque team.
“I still have one year left on my contract with Monaco. I spoke about my future with the managers, it’s not a secret. We have an agreement to take this next step,” he said.
“If it doesn’t happen, I will stay at Monaco for the rest of my deal. I hope everyone wins this summer, but at the moment I’m not thinking about it.”
In addition to Milan, Juventus and some Premier League clubs are also interested in him so it will not be a clear run at the 25-year-old. However, it could well be the case that a sale is needed first.
To try to get ahead of the other suitors, the paper claims that Milan need an exit in midfield and the number one suspect is Ismael Bennacer who has a €50m release clause.
At the moment, however, there are no negotiations for the farewell of the Algerian, whose dream is to go and play in Saudi Arabia in the medium-long term future.
