With Milan on the verge of being bought by a Bahrain backed fund, there could be some heavy investment emanating from San Siro this summer, and Manchester City’s Riyad Mahrez is said to be a target for them.
Tuttosport go all out on Wednesday, making it very clear the Algeria international is the ‘first objective’ for the club in the coming months.
The Manchester City star, who has been instrumental to the club’s great form this season, is ‘undoubtedly a name that would shift the balance’ in Italy, and the fact his contract with the Premier League side expires in 2023 makes him somewhat attainable.
There might need to be a battle with Paris Saint-Germain for his services, but with new money to play with, that might not be as scary as it would have been previously.
Tuttosport make it clear that the arrival of the Manchester City forward ‘would raise the technical ability of a right wing that, in the last five years, has never made the leap in quality’.
This is echoed by Gazzetta dello Sport, who state the Cityzens, regardless of his contractual situation, would ask for a ‘demanding cost’, one seen as ‘high but not too much over €40m’.
Currently, his wages of €6m or so are ‘out of reach’, but once the takeover is complete, that could certainly change.
