AC Milan is still searching for a new number 9 to provide to Massimiliano Allegri ahead of the 2025/26 season, even more so after the words spoken by the new Rossoneri sporting director Igli Tare in recent days during a meeting with the press: “We are looking for another player who can compete with Gimenez, with different characteristics than him, a bit like Giroud. We need to be smart in completing these two things together.”
The club based on via Aldo Rossi is therefore considering making a significant investment to find this player, who, according to the indications provided by Tare himself, must be more of a penalty-box striker and not necessarily one who works for his teammates, as has often been seen with the Mexican who arrived in January from Feyenoord – ideally someone dominant within the final 16 meters of the pitch and with a strong sense of goal. The path is mapped out and leads to Germany, more precisely to Westphalia and Dortmund, where the Guinean giant Serhou Guirassy plays for Borussia.
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Milan’s interest in the 1996-born French-born forward is not entirely new: in fact, the Rossoneri had already shown interest in the player owned by the German club between the winter transfer window and the end of the 2023/24 season, when they were looking for someone to partner with Olivier Giroud and compete for a starting spot with the former Arsenal man – as well as a striker on whom to build the post-Pioli era, for which Álvaro Morata was ultimately chosen in the summer. However, there are quite a few difficulties in acquiring Guirassy, primarily financial, but not only.
Difficulties...
For their number 9, Borussia Dortmund has set a very high price, asking for €70 million – while the striker’s market value is around €45 million. But the potential expense is not the only issue on the path leading to the Franco-Guinean, who is currently participating in the Club World Cup in the United States (where BVB will face the Mexicans of Monterrey in the Italian night between July 1st and 2nd in the round of 16 and, if they progress, one between Real Madrid and Juventus on July 5th). Therefore, he may not be able to join the Rossoneri before August – less than 30 days before the league kicks off, as pointed out by Calciomercato.com.
Who are Guirassy's alternatives for AC Milan?
Of course, Tare’s “list” includes alternatives to the Borussia Dortmund forward, who scored 35 goals in 48 appearances last season – including the Club World Cup, where he found the net against South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns. Among the preferred names is still Mateo Retegui of Atalanta, top scorer of the last Serie A season with 25 goals, but his price also stands around €50 million. The possibility of signing Aleksandar Mitrovic cannot be ruled out either. Born in 1994, he plays for Simone Inzaghi’s Al-Hilal – also currently in the USA – and scored 28 goals in 36 games last season. His price, however, would be much more affordable (€20 million or even slightly less).
The common denominator among these three forwards is one: a strong sense of goal – a key trait that Allegri’s new number 9 must have, distancing himself from the recent past (like Morata, a hard worker for the team but with fewer goals in his boots).
