Di Marzio: Milan in talks over RB Salzburg midfielder after Loftus-Cheek injury – the latest | OneFootball

AC Milan are looking to strengthen the midfield this month and an old target has resurfaced as an option: Lucas Gourna-Douath of Red Bull Salzburg.

Gianluca Di Marzio is reporting that Milan are in negotiations over Gourna-Douath, a 21-year-old midfielder who plays in the Austrian Bundesliga. A striker is not the only objective before the window closes with Conceicao hoping to get midfield reinforcements too.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek’s injury certainly also had an impact on the decision to push forward and begin talks over the Frenchman. In fact, the management had made an attempt for Philip Billing just moments before the Danish player headed to join Napoli.

It was an attempt that failed but which gave a clear indication of the need to strengthen the department and so they have turned to Gourna-Douath, who is also liked by other Serie A clubs. He has made 11 league and five Champions League appearances this season.

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According to Calciomercato.com, Gourna-Douath is ‘an old obsession that is back in fashion at Milan’. He joins Warren Bondo of Monza and Morten Frendrup of Genoa on the list of January targets, with Samuele Ricci more a name for the summer.

No price tag is mentioned, but it will be interesting to see if talks accelerate between the clubs. The relations should be good after the Noah Okafor deal was closed in the 2023 summer transfer window, plus the Strahinja Pavlovic operation last summer.