Rade Krunic seems to have fallen to the bottom of Stefano Pioli’s midfield hierarchies, and it is possible that he could depart the club during the January window.
Tuttosport (via MilanNews) are reporting this morning that the Milan management would not oppose the sale of Krunic, who Pioli is using less and less, but they let his entourage know that a fair offer must arrive.
Fenerbahçe have been on his trail for some time and tempted him in the summer with a rather high salary (€3.5m net per season). Now the Turkish club are ready to try again, but it will be necessary to find an agreement with Milan over a transfer fee.
In the summer the operation did not go through because Fenerbahce’s offer was too low, but in the meaning the Rossoneri opened talks over the renewal of his contract (which expires in 2025), but Krunic’s salary demands are deemed too high.
In the event of a sale, a new signing will be needed. Milan will be without Tommaso Pobega for several months while Ismael Bennacer is heading to the African Cup of Nations in January, which is why Hamed Traoré’s name has cropped up again.
He is a former Sassuolo midfielder who currently plays for Bournemouth, and he is a player that Milan followed with great interest when he played in Serie A, but there is competition to land him from Napoli.
The Ivorian played predominantly as a playmaker or a winger with the Neroverdi but has since also been used as a box-to-box midfielder.
