Primarily focusing on keeping Zlatan Ibrahimović around, Milan are also working on bolstering the rest of their squad.
As you know, one of their main targets has been Chelsea’s Tiemoué Bakayoko, with the midfielder keen to return to the club after a successful loan period under Gennaro Gattuso not too long ago.
Gazzetta dello Sport dedicate a whole page to the Frenchman on Wednesday, reiterating he would be ‘perfect’ for Stefano Pioli’s plans next season.
He’s a midfielder ‘capable of performing well in both phases’ and is ‘invaluable in any game system and with any teammate alongside’.
Milan and Bakayoko have ‘already reached an agreement on the wages’ as he’s ready to reduce his Chelsea salary, but there remains the problem of convincing Marina Granovskaia.
That’s why there’s talk, once again, of trying for a new loan, which Chelsea have agreed to but only ‘with the obligation of redemption’.
Their fee for that, however, is still ‘too much’, wanting €30m.
Two options are now available to Milan: ‘an obligation to buy with more reasonable figures’ or ‘a simple transfer’.
Either way, in the background, Bakayoko is ‘pressing’ Chelsea to get a deal done, as him ‘staying forcibly would not make anyone happy’.
