There has been a lot of noise over the past week or so about Joshua Zirkzee getting closer to joining AC Milan, but a Sky journalist has added a touch of realism to proceedings.
Calciomercato.com reported yesterday that during a recent meeting, Zlatan Ibrahimovic – Milan’s consultant and the Senior Advisor to the ownership group RedBird Capital – presented to Zirkzee the project of the club for next year.
The Swede made it known that he would play a leading role as the starting centre-forward and Zirkzee gave Ibra his approval to the idea of a move to Milan. However, there is obviously still plenty more to do before the deal is completed.
Manuele Baiocchini spoke to Sky about Milan’s priority in the transfer market regarding the starting striker, revealing complications in the race for Zirkzee. His comments were relayed by Radio Rossonera.
“Zirkzee’s profile is of interest and to AC Milan’s liking, but it is not so much Bologna that will have to decide but Bayern Munich which has the right to buy back at 40 million euros. The costs that have been proposed to Milan by the agents, especially for commissions, are very high,” he said.
Milan are thus also into consideration some alternatives which, as explained by Baiocchini, have not changed: Benjamin Sesko from RB Leipzig and Jonathan David from Lille. However, the Slovenian seems increasingly distant given the interest from Arsenal and high clause.
“The other names are those of Sesko, David of Lille, who knows Fonseca well,” the Sky reporter added.