Milan market, Igli Tare asks Luka Modric for help in signing goalkeeper

Accordingly, Milan&#8217s casting continues unabated to identify a new goalkeeper: Igli Tare and his staff are sounding out a lot of profiles to replace Mike Maignan, whose contract expires at the end of the season. The French far defender’s future hangs in the balance: the Rossoneri would be delighted to renew his contract but there is a big difference between supply and demand. Last summer Giorgio Furlani and the goalkeeper&#8217s entourage met to figure out how to continue together but no understanding was reached, talks broke down and there have been no developments since.

Ernesto Villa

Among Milan’s various hypotheses to replace Mike Maignan there is also one that leads to Andriy Lunin, closed at Real Madrid by competition from Thibaut Courtois. The young Ukrainian goalkeeper is eager to prove his worth but in the Blancos there is no room for him and in the summer he could make a change, perhaps with the help of his great friend Luka Modric. There is a great friendship between the two and the experienced midfielder could personally intervene to convince Lunin to move to Milan. Already in the past, the Ukrainian man&#8217s name has been evaluated by the Milan management: after Gianluigi Donnarumma&#8217s turbulent farewell, the Rossoneri also evaluated Lunin but in the end they decided to go for Mike Maignan.

In addition to the goalkeeper issue, Milan must also solve the striker problem: If Santiago Gimenez leaves Milan in January, the Rossoneri club could set its sights high on Jean-Philippe Mateta, a Crystal Palace striker whose contract expires in 2027. Negotiations to renew his deal are currently stalled and the Congolese-born French player’s agents are looking around for a solution. A number of English bigs are on his trail, but the bomber wants to be sure to play continuously also so as not to lose the hard-won place in the French senior national team.

According to rumors, Milan would be ready to put up to 40 million euros on the table to get the card of the French player, who this season has scored 7 goals in 14 games contributing to the London team’s sixth place in the Premier League standings. Mateta’s is just one of the many names on the table of the Rossoneri market men, who are also following German national Fullkrug, currently struggling at West Ham, and Borussia Dortmund’s Fabio Silva in the Premier League. Meanwhile, Milan is about to close a purchase on the flank: Juan Arizala is about to wear the Rossoneri. The Colombian left-back, born in 2005, is arriving in Italy from Deportivo Independiente Medellin.