AC Milan are ready to make a concrete attempt to sign Davide Frattesi from Sassuolo and could use a counterpart to try and land him, a report claims.
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This morning’s edition of La Gazzetta dello Sport (seen below) writes that a negotiation will take place today between Milan’s CEO Giorgio Furlani and his Sassuolo counterpart Giovanni Carnevali.
Now that Sandro Tonali has officially left for Newcastle United and Ismael Bennacer is out for a long time due to injury, the midfield is in need of a rebuild and Ruben Loftus-Cheek is so far the only brick in the new building site.
Frattesi is considered as an ideal profile because of his age and his characteristics. He scored seven goals in the league last season, one of which was at San Siro in the historic 5-2 against the Rossoneri.
Pioli is ready to redesign Milan and change from the 4-2-3-1 that was the trademark of his Scudetto-winning side to a tailor-made 4-3-3, given that the 23-year-old himself expressed a preference to play in a three-man midfield.
However, at present Milan consider Sassuolo’s asking price excessive so negotiations are needed to try and find the right conditions, all while Inter seem to be focusing more on Lazar Samardzic.
Sassuolo began by asking for €40m and that dropped to €35m over the course of the recent period, with Inter only ever offering €23m plus Mulattieri as a counterpart who was being valued at €8m, but it was not enough.
The delay in selling Marcelo Brozovic to Saudi Arabia did not help the Nerazzurri and it is now Milan who are counting on making their time advantage count, given the liquidity they have from Tonali’s sale too.
Lorenzo Colombo could come into the negotiations as a potential counterpart albeit with a valuation that is yet to be agreed upon between the two clubs.
Meanwhile, Roma are still in the running and they have a 30% resale clause which essentially gives them a discount. The Giallorossi are joining by Napoli and the player has asked for time to think, with the allure of playing in the Champions League obvious.
