AC Milan are searching for a new striker to replace Olivier Giroud. The defence, however, is also a department that should be strengthened.
Paulo Fonseca has convinced Milan to entrust him with the construction of the new cycle with ideas that have been fully shared by the Rossoneri management. Primarily, that of trying to take a strong right-back and not just a simple alternative to Captain Calabria. Beyond the lower costs compared to Emerson Royal, the Portuguese coach has indicated Tiago Santos as the ideal reinforcement.
With Fonseca, the 21-year-old player is seen as one of the best full-backs in Ligue 1 and closes the first season in France with 43 appearances, 3 goals, and 2 assists.
Lille paid €6.5 million from Estoril just 12 months ago and now anticipates the possibility of making an excellent capital gain.
As per Calciomercato.com, Milan wants to try to accelerate for Tiago Santos, aware that the excellent relations with Lille will favor the negotiation, but then the most difficult test will come with the agent of the player, Jorge Mendes.
In fact, Geoffrey Moncada and Zlatan Ibrahimovic are preparing with Giorgio Furlani the offer to be presented to Lille. Probably already in the next week. The structure should be as follows: 10 million euros fixed base plus 2 to 3 million euros in bonuses plus a percentage to be agreed with Lille on future resale. Therefore, hot hours are announced for the Rossoneri, Tiago Santos is now a concrete target.
