Stefano Pioli has rejected the potential of signing Wilfried Singo from Torino for one key reason, according to a report.
According to this morning’s edition of Tuttosport (via PianetaMilan), there have been talks between the Milan management and their Torino counterparts Urbano Cairo and Davide Vagnati over a deal for Singo.
More specifically, the Ivorian was brought up as part of talks that would have seen Junior Messias go the other way, given that he is a target for Torino head coach Ivan Jurić as he wants a winger.
Milan CEO Giorgio Furlani and chief scout Geoffrey Moncada were intrigued by the idea of signing Singo because he is young, has good potential, great physical strength and counts as a home-grown player.
Torino and Milan had also found an agreement on the figures, with Messias valued at €4m plus €8m in cash to reach Cairo’s demands of €12m for the right-back.
Pioli, however, made it clear that he does not want Singo. He sees the 22-year-old as a wing-back and he intends to use a back four, where Milan already have two more natural right-backs in Davide Calabria and Alessandro Florenzi, plus Pierre Kalulu who can fill in.
Pioli wants a deputy to Theo Hernandez if the management are to sign another full-back and thus they dropped the Singo operation, while Torino have now gone cold on Messias too.
