Quality in the midfield to meet the tactical and conceptual needs of Paulo Fonseca. Milan has identified Lazar Samardzic as the right profile to provide more solutions to the Portuguese coach.
The negotiations have just begun and will proceed slowly because there are several issues to resolve, but it remains possible. In fact, it's likely considering that both Udinese and the Serbian talent want to reach an agreement with the Rossoneri club.
Since learning of Milan's renewed interest, Samardzic has been pushing hard with both his entourage and Udinese to join a club he had previously come close to.
Lazar has turned down Lazio and Fenerbahçe because he wants the certainty of playing in the Champions League next season. Playing at San Siro would have a special appeal. The contacts between Moncada and the player’s father, who is also his agent with the TDS agency, have been positive regarding both the commissions and the salary, which would increase season after season (with a five-year contract overall). Udinese is also aware that keeping the 2002-born player could become counterproductive.
According to what is filtering through, the timing of the Samardzic deal might be extended for two reasons: Milan would first like to sell a midfielder between Adli and Bennacer and finalize other priority operations, such as those for Fofana from Monaco and Pavlovic from Salzburg.
In the contact with Udinese, Moncada has noted the request of 25 million euros and the difficulties in finding a possible technical counterpart. The parties are in contact, but everything suggests that this negotiation will only become active starting next week.
