AC Milan have done the hard work to sign Samuele Ricci, but they will go for other targets instead, it seems.
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The midfield is a big area to target with a number of outgoings likely, and with Tijjani Reijnders’ sale, Ricci was supposedly going to be the one to come in. However, this will seemingly not be the case with others preferred.
Javi Guerra is now reported to be the Reijnders replacement, whilst Granit Xhaka and Luka Modric are more and more likely to arrive as the days go on, so there is not much room for the Italian, unless others depart.
Moving on
Despite setting up for Ricci for a few windows now, the Rossoneri are likely to avoid a move, unless something changes, with others preferred, as Matteo Moretto told Fabrizio Romano’s YouTube channel, via Milan News.
“Ricci is on Milan’s list, but they are now giving priority to other operations. Milan have gotten very close to Ricci in recent weeks, both with the player, with whom they have a verbal agreement, and with Torino.
“However, at the moment Ricci-Milan is on stand-by because the Devils have other priorities like Xhaka. We will see how the negotiations for Ricci evolve. There has been talk in the last few hours of Atalanta’s interest in the Granata midfielder, but it doesn’t seem to me that it is a concrete lead at the moment.”
Whether the club will change priorities during the next few weeks remains to be seen. But, right now, it seems Milan will go elsewhere.