Milan on Joao Felix or Gimenez: negotiations for the attack

Milan have clear ideas on the market: they need a striker who gives depth and guarantees goals to the attacking department. In via Aldo Rossi there are two alternative plans to reach the goal. The first involves going in search of a striker to borrow, a player who can be registered for six months. With or without right of redemption. From this perspective, the name circled in the Rossoneri notebook is that of Joao Felix, but also pay attention to what is happening in Manchester, United side, not for Rashford (now abandoned), but for one of Zirkzee or Hojlund: if another one arrives center forward, one of the two can start. Don’t discard the Ferran Torres option either, who is finding less space in Barcelona than he hoped for and who is not happy professionally. The second plan, however, involves using the money from a transfer to buy the price tag of a striker. Who? Ibrahimovic, Furlani and Moncada, just like last summer, highly respect Santiago Gimenez of Feyenoord, but the Mexican, with an Italian passport, costs a lot. His desire to try an adventure in Serie A may weigh, but the Dutch club is a tough nut to crack.

Joao and the others

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Let’s start with the loan hypothesis, the one that is the most popular at the moment. Conceiçao gave a very specific direction by mentioning the name of his compatriot Joao Felix, who would be perfect both as a second striker in the 4-4-2 and to act as an attacking midfielder in the 4-2-3-1 (module in which if necessary he could act also the left-handed lateral). Jorge Mendes, agent of the Blues coach and striker, has already been at work for a few days, but his mission is not simple because in London they have seen several of their former players who ended up at Milanello flourish again (Giroud, Loftus-Cheek, Pulisic and Tomori). They would like to avoid another similar “case”, limiting themselves to a dry loan or with a very high right of redemption, given that last summer the former Atletico Madrid player was paid 52 million. Alternatives to Joao Felix? In Manchester, United side, one between Zirkzee and Hojlund risks being too many, especially if Amorim’s requests for a first striker are listened to. Milan is attentive to the Red Devils’ incoming transfer market moves and is ready to intervene. Both are very well known in via Aldo Rossi because the Dutchman was treated last summer before turning (thanks to the monstrous commissions requested by his agent) on Morata; the Dane was esteemed before a maxi offer to Atalanta arrived from Manchester in 2023. Finally, watch out for Barcelona where the situation of Ferran Torres, little used so far (twenty appearances, but not even seven hundred minutes played), could have an evolution… surprisingly in the last few days of the transfer window.

Reinvest

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If Tomori had said yes to Juve and a 30 million bank transfer had arrived from Turin (loan with obligation to buy), the amount collected would have been diverted to the price tag of a striker. This option will become relevant again not so much if there is a rethink of the Englishman (who is very attached to Milan and having returned to the starting line-up, does not want to change shirt in January), but if there is the sale of another Rossoneri. From this perspective, Pavlovic’s position must be monitored and, being a 2001 player in which he invested eighteen million last summer, the Devil would not like to give in. The market, however, has its own… read and, in the event of a proposal exceeding twenty million from Fenerbahçe (which has already been pressing last week and which does not want to let go), from a Premier League or Bundesliga, Milan could also make a sacrifice. At that point, in addition to Walker, the Rossoneri would sign another central defender. The money from Pavlovic’s eventual farewell could be diverted as said about Gimenez. Operation to build. Not impossible if financed by a sale.