AC Milan’s headline summer signing will be a new centre-forward, but the management are also planning to plug other gaps in the squad and they have a couple of targets lined up.
As this morning’s edition of La Gazzetta dello Sport (seen below) writes, Olivier Giroud will move to Los Angeles FC at the end of the season and thus they club want to invest in a new centre-forward. Benjamin Sesko is the target and talks have started, but Milan will also make additions in defence and midfield.
Help on the flank
Milan are looking at signing a new right-back to come in and challenge Davide Calabria for the starting spot and the number one target is Emerson Royal of Spurs, who is valued at around €30m.
The price is an obstacle, and whether it can be circumvented or not we will know in the coming weeks. He is no longer a key player for Tottenham and in the summer, with the mercato underway, the valuation could drop and facilitate negotiations with other clubs.
Emerson, or whoever instead of him, would arrive to bolster the right side of the defence and as mentioned would join Calabria, who appears set to stay even if there are rumours of difficulties regarding his renewal.
Over on the left side everything is influenced by Theo Hernandez’s future. If there are problems with his renewal and if Bayern Munich come forward with a suitable proposal, Milan could listen.
In the middle
In midfield, Milan have outlined the profile of the ideal reinforcement: a physical midfielder to be placed to protect the defence. Now it’s a matter of finding a player who respects the technical identikit and who falls within the parameters also in terms of spending and wages.
The first target on the list is Youssouf Fofana, 25, a leader of Monaco’s midfield. He has a valuation that exceeds €25m, and Milan will have to understand what percentage of the budget they can, and will, allocate to the department.
Fofana is a guarantee: he has been at Monaco for years, this year amassing three goals and four assists. In recent months he has also become a starter in the French national team with three goals in 17 appearances.
The European Championship is an opportunity for him to put himself in the shop window and many other clubs could come forward. The same goes for Benjamin Sesko, which is why Milan are in a hurry.
Are we seriously gonna spend €30m or anywhere near that for Tottenham’s version of Calabria?
If they do that, they only validate the protest.
They will not. Its a gds fairytale article. As usual
Why not consider two DMs since we have non right now. Who will cover if this one gets injuried? Reijnders and Musah? Lmfao
Agree, we need a quality DM, but they make it seem like 25 mil for a DM is a lot
They work with algorithms… Moneyball.. don’t get your hopes up.
Choosing to sign a new right back and signing Emerson is the equivalent of choosing to sign a new manager and signing Lopetegui
Ya ya ya….suddenly we are going to spend 30M for this player and 50M Fofana for that and 65M for Sesko striker LOL. It is nice to dream. BUT Redbird own us not rich Arabs. Moneyball
I will believe it when I see them holding up the red and black jersey. Would love for all this to happen (except Emerson who is not worth 30M and Kalulu should be our starting RB) – but unfortunately it won’t. Absent selling Leao for 175M – all these transfer spends are fantasy
This guy was linked with us 3 years ago at Barca. Didn’t cut it and went to Spurs. now he is linked again? LOL!!! Yea… OK.
We need to sort out Kalulu’s position and what we’re doing with Terra.
Is there a club in this world where there so much rumours concerning transfers than Milan? Even a search for a coach is on par with rumours for player recruitment. I am even exhausted