With the Scudetto having vanished and only the Europa League to fight for, the AC Milan management are beginning to plan for the summer in the hopes of getting that second star next season.
This morning’s edition of Tuttosport (via MilanNews) reports that Milan will have to make ‘at least four significant moves’ during the summer transfer window to further improve the squad.
The Rossoneri transfer team – led by Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Geoffrey Moncada, with the support of Antonio D’Ottavio and the supervision of Giorgio Furlani – will have to focus on ironing out the defects of a team whose core was built over the course of the last summer.
The first piece
The main signing that will be made is obviously a new striker. It now seems certain that Olivier Giroud will say goodbye to the Rossoneri at the end of the season and the Frenchman will end his career in MLS, with Los Angeles FC.
The management will have to focus on a solution that can be a guarantee in the medium and long term and the favourite name on the list at the moment is Joshua Zirkzee of Bologna.
Logically, Milan will be led to invest in this role because both the Dutchman from Bologna and the other candidates are expensive. Benjamin Sesko, Viktor Gyokeres and Santiago Gimenez would all cost a lot too.
The less expensive solutions could be the historic target Jonathan David, whose contract with Lille expires in 2025, as well as Serhou Guirassy who has a release clause that is not too high.
The other three
Tuttosport then identifies at least three other roles in which Milan would need to strengthen their squad. It starts from the midfield, with Khéphren Thuram of OGC Nice and Youssouf Fofana of Monaco on the list.
The identikit is clear: the Rossoneri are looking for a defensive midfielder who can rebalance a department that has appeared unbalanced – especially in transition – too many times during the season.
Then Moncada and co. will go on the hunt for a central defender, especially after the physical fragility of which Milan have been victims this year. Furthermore, Simon Kjaer’s contract will expire and therefore he could leave.
One name that has been mentioned is Benoit Badiashile, who has found little playing time at Chelsea this last season. Finally, the last piece could be a deputy to Theo Hernandez, a role that was not filled last summer.
