Tuttosport: Milan are working to thin out the squad – the seven players who can leave

A lot of the focus has been on signings, but the AC Milan management are also working to thin out the squad to make room for incomings.

As Tuttosport (via MilanNews) reports this morning, the list of players who can leave this summer includes Junior Messias, Divock Origi, Ante Rebic, Fodé Ballo-Touré, Charles De Ketelaere and Alexis Saelemaekers.

Matteo Gabbia must also be added to the list, but he seems destined to leave on loan as Milan would like to maintain control over the Primavera graduate given that he is 23 and has accrued a fair bit of first team experience.

Torino are keen on Messias, Origi and Rebic have admirers above all in Turkey, while Ballo-Touré is in the crosshairs of OGC Nice and Bologna who are trying to convince the Senegalese full-back.

Then there is the De Ketelaere dilemma. He was Milan’s big signing last summer but the Belgian has never convinced and that’s why he’s on the market, but he would like to stay to redeem the disappointing year that it has just ended.