AC Milan are looking at various options to come in and bolster the midfield department with one of their targets currently playing in the Bundesliga.
That is according to today’s edition of La Gazzetta dello Sport (via MilanNews), which writes that Milan might now need to sign two central midfielders in the summer given that Ismael Bennacer has undergone an operation on his knee and will be out for at least six months.
One of the names that is one their wish list is Exequiel Palacios, a 24-year-old midfielder currently playing at Bayer Leverkusen who made a run to the Europa League semi-finals, while he was also a World Cup winner with Argentina.
Palacios has played 23 games as a box-to-box midfielder this season under Xabi Alonso who is the Leverkusen boss, with five goals and two assists to his name. He has also played in a defensive midfield role three times, and in a more advanced position twice.
He has struggled with injuries since joining the German club having had a vertebra fracture in his first season, an abductor muscle tear, a torn ankle ligament, a back issue and a hamstring problem.
Sounds like a whioe bunch of problems to me
His injuries record is bad but he is great player I like him alot and I would take the risk since he played 23 games and started 17 this season.
AC Milan medical team are worst now , not recomended signing this player. He will end like Florenzi that have injury prone if AC Milan signing him from leverkusen
He used to be a very good player. Is still young but I get everyone is apprehensive based on his injury proneness. Plus back in Argentina he was a bit of a playboy ie had some off field controversies
So, I’d say very price dependent. If he’s available cut price could be worth a punt as he could cover all the central mf roles in the 433 / 4231. Not sure Leverkusen are trying to actively sell him so I suspect he’ll be too expensive, don’t wanna blow our budget on a guy that sits on the treatment table so often.
That injury list must’ve made Maldini’s eyes light up like a Christmas tree.