Towards the end of the summer mercato, Milan tried to bring in a centre-back to solve what was a mini-crisis. They failed, in the end, and the Rossoneri were lucky to get through the period with just two centre-backs.
One of the names linked with the club was Mohamed Simakan, the 20-year-old Strasbourg defender. In an interview with Telefoot (see video below), Paolo Maldini confirmed that the Rossoneri did have talks with the player’s agents.
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“We spoke with Simakan’s agents in the previous months and also the player himself. I must say that we also spoke with other Ligue 1 players. What we see in the French league is that, not being very tactical, players develop a lot of skill in one-on-one, both in attack and in defence,” he stated.
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Maldini should reveal that they are getting Milenkovic or Ajer. Others are not worthy.