AC Milan must resolve the ‘puzzle’ of their attacking department, with the main piece being a new centre-forward.
As Quotidiano Sportivo report, the main moves so far have been in midfield. Samuele Ricci will sign for €25m including bonuses on a four-year deal, and the plan is to add Ardon Jashari from Club Brugge in an operation worth €38m, add-ons included.
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Then there could be some ‘streamlining’ of the squad. Yunus Musah is on his way out: he is of interest to Nottingham Forest, West Ham and Wolverhampton in the Premier League. In case of his departure, the Rossoneri could sign another player, like Valencia’s Javi Guerra.
The striker issue
While the suggestive hypothesis of a Santiago Gimenez-Artem Dovbyk exchange with Roma emerges, Dusan Vlahovic remains in the mind and is still ‘on pole’. The Serbian is increasingly at odds with Juventus, who went and signed Jonathan David on a free.
The centre-forward was on the bench for the entire match against Real Madrid at the FIFA Club World Cup. His social media conduct has caused discussion as he liked Jude Bellingham’s post celebrating the victory over the Bianconeri.
A crossroads has emerged for Vlahovic: leave next year on a free transfer and after having cashed in the generous salary of €12m, or – after having rejected Saudi Arabia and Turkey – agree to a sale and spread the heavy wages over several years elsewhere.
In the season leading up to the World Cup, finding Allegri seems like a path that is far from being excluded. Max had wanted him in Turin in January 2022: “The player we were missing”. Three and a half years later, it could still be like that.
I don’t see him halving the salary just for us…
Probably not, but I can see Juventus covering some of it and him agreeing to a 30-40% lower salary on a new 5 year contract.
Personally, not a fan of the idea of Vlahovic and think we need to give Gimenez a chance. If the club really thinks it’s worth writing off 30M to cast off Gimenez then they must have very serious concerns though.
No one is writing him off, gosh.
They only said they need competition for him.
Napoli will have Lukaku as CF next season, yet they want Darwin Nunez, does that mean they are writing him off?
I don’t even want to comment on the swap scenario, hopefully it’s a successful click/rage-bait.
Vlahovic is overall a flop in Juve, especially for his cost. I wouldn’t consider him as a first choice even for half of his wage.
Also, the dikkmove with the like of Bellingham’s post, just to spite the club and fans so they let you leave for cheap…
Next Jovic….🫣
Striker issue? The so-called issue won’t get fixed by switching Gimenez with Dovbyk though as we’re 1-2 strikers short as we speak.
Vlahovic I hacent too many frames with him, Juventus seems to be difficult to first team also needs more intense and individual performancess in this team as in history – Nedved, Zidane, … K. Thuram and Conceicao for example … All players are big in this team
…. So Nolin is perfect one for tactical Milan … Rategui , Endrik and Rodrigo too but Noslin is completely fits