AC Milan may not have to look outside of Italy in their search for a new central defender with Jaka Bijol of Udinese having caught their eye, a report claims.
According to a report from SpazioMilan, the defensive department is a real concern for Milan as Pierre Kalulu will be out for a while longer, Marco Pellegrino is recovering from a broken foot while Simon Kjaer can’t stay fit for a long stretch of games any more.
As a result, Milan will be active on the transfer market again in January with some names that are already clear targets and others that are just ideas for now. Geoffrey Moncada and Giorgio Furlani have a budget established, which they must stick to, even if Gerry Cardinale wants the best for his team.
The name of Jaka Bijol has emerged as an option for the centre-back position. The Slovenian central defender has a relatively accessible asking price, which could favour the development of a negotiation.
Bijol arrived in Italy in 2022 having played for CSKA Moscow and Hannover previously, among others, and Milan are willing to offer €15m to Udinese for the 24-year-old as per the report. The Friulians could be open to the sale, even if they would prefer to sell their in the summer given he is a starter.
He’s my countryman. Quite commanding character but really reckless at times. Not worth 15 millions.
Only seen him a couple of times and he looks solid but he’s not one of those you look at and think “he should DEFINITELY be at a higher level”.
I like the Irish guy at Udinese – if we’re putting a raid on them, get him too.
Ah you mean Festy Ebosele. He was definately MOTM against us.
He was a massive headache and he’s played well other than that game too. He’s a proper modern fullback.
as a 3rd option might be ok. Dont see him being any better than gabbia tho. Dont see udine selling in jan either
Gabbia is actually having a decent time at Villareal. Goals scored against are not really a fault of his own.
Has anyone even heard of SpazioMilan before? Is it just some guy in his mother’s basement running a “news outlet”?
Ye,i always wonder where i need to sign up to have “a job” to only come up with stupid transfer rumours.What an easy way to earn money,so many football players so many possiblitys of saying stupid rumours,so many front page articles,give me this JOB now !
No probs but let’s try and steal sarmadzic from Udinese because that guy is Good
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