On Monday evening, Gianluca Di Marzio talked about Newcastle United’s interest in AC Milan’s Malick Thiaw.
Calciomercato provide the latest on the Magpies pursuit of the defender and a background on what happened earlier this year.
The Serie A side’s intention is to keep their squad intact and improve it by signing new players this summer. Thiaw is a key part of Milan’s project, but they may have to make a decision on his future, mainly because of his agent and Newcastle’s interest.
Eddie Howe’s side have restarted contacts with the player’s agency in the last few hours.
Paulo Fonseca’s side intend to retain the centre-back but will not keep any players who aren’t willing to continue at the San Siro. At the same time, they are requesting a ‘lot of money’, at least €40m, to let the player leave in this window.
Calciomercato claim Milan have communicated this to Thiaw’s agent, who will have passed the message to Newcastle.
