AC Milan have set their sights on Julian Brandt of Borussia Dortmund, according to what is reported in today's edition of La Gazzetta dello Sport.
To fill the empty role vacated by Hakan Calhanoglu in the starting lineup of Stefano Pioli, AC Milan want to sign a quality playmaker with good qualities and experience. Many profiles are being monitored currently.
The latest track of Paolo Maldini and Frederic Massara is leading to Julian Brandt. The player has also been in the radar of Lazio for some time now.
The newspaper adds that the 25-year-old German is pleased to hear of AC Milan's interest in his services. As for AC Milan's next move, they are eyeing up proposing a transfer formula of loan with option to buy, which was taken into consideration by the German club when negotiating with Lazio for the same player.
The deal is within AC Milan's reach as talks could be closed successfully at 5 million euros as a fee for the loan and 22 million euros as an option to buy. The source concludes by saying that Brandt is reachable and more available than Nikola Vlasic.
