Lille midfielder Renato Sanches is still AC Milan’s priority signing for that area of the squad, a report claims.
As has been reported by La Gazzetta dello Sport today (via Milan News), the Rossoneri still think that he is the best profile on the market to slot into their midfield and bring more pace and creativity now that Franck Kessie is no longer at the club.
That is why they have been working on the deal for so many months. A deal is loosely already in place with the Ligue 1 side and until recently it seemed like a foregone conclusion that he would be joining Stefano Pioli’s side.
Then the interest from Paris Saint Germain arrived and that turned the Portuguese players’ head.
The Ligue 1 champions would be able to offer him a higher wage than Milan but they have not actually made a bid for him yet despite threatening to do so.