GdS: Milan and Inter resume battle over striker – €40m valuation is a major hurdle | OneFootball

AC Milan and Inter fought it out for the Scudetto on the field over the past season and their battle is set to continue into the summer mercato, a report claims.

Both teams are on the lookout for a new young centre-forward to build the attack of the future around. Milan have a 40-year-old Zlatan Ibrahimovic and a 35-year-old Olivier Giroud plus teenager Marko Lazetic, so a new striker is sought even if Divock Origi arrives on a free transfer given Ibra could retire.

According to La Gazzetta dello Sport (via Calciomercato.com), Gianluca Scamacca of Sassuolo is a player that both Milan clubs like, as he scored 16 goals in 36 league games for Sassuolo in 2021-22 after returning from his loan spell at Genoa.

However, the newspaper explains that the asking price of €40m is prohibitive for both clubs and that is why at the moment a sale to a club abroad appears more likely.

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