Sky: Milan have ‘concrete interest’ in Udinese star – why a late January move is possible | OneFootball

Amid news that AC Milan are not making much progress in negotiations over Santiago Gimenez, an alternative has emerged in Lorenzo Lucca.

Sky are reporting that Milan have ‘concrete interest’ in Lucca, even if it has not yet resulted in a negotiation or an offer of any kind. However, the Italian is one of the options that the Rossoneri directors could go for in the final days of the January window.

They would perhaps launch an offer similar to the one sent to Feyenoord for Gimenez, therefore around €27-28m including bonuses. Milan still hope deep down that they will have the Mexican for the derby, but the bids they have put forward so far are ‘nowhere close’ to being enough.

The Dutch club are continuing to put up a wall and in the Netherlands there is talk of an offer of €27-28m, but of which only €20m are fixed and €7m are bonuses, a figure that is unlikely to shake Feyenoord who do not want to sell their main striker in the winter window anyway.

Thus, Lucca could become an option. He has scored 10 goals this season, with eight coming in the league and two in the Coppa Italia, in 24 appearances overall. Valued at €18m by Transfermarkt, he was bought last year for €8m after spending the prior season on loan from Pisa.