AC Milan are continuing with their attempts to try and sign Lazar Samardzic from Udinese but there is a large gap between the clubs at present, a report claims.
According to Il Messaggero Veneto (via MilanNews), Samardzic is still of ‘strong interest’ to Milan. At the moment, however, an agreement with Udinese is rather far off because the Rossoneri do not agree with the asking price.
The Friulian club have made it clear that they expect to receive €25m for the 22-year-old creative midfielder, and Milan do not have any intention to include some of the counterparts that the Bianconeri like, such as some of the talents in the youth team at present.
Therefore, things are progressing quite slowly and a breakthrough is not expected any time soon. It could well be that there are no developments on the Samardzic front until later in the window, potentially after some sales in the midfield department.
For the Rossoneri it does seem as though the priority is to sign a more defensive-minded midfielder first and then to evaluate the opportunity to add a player like Samardzic as a potential opportunity towards the end of August, when Udinese’s stance might have softened somewhat.