AC Milan consider Joshua Zirkzee to be one of their main targets for the summer transfer window, a report claims, and they already have an offer in mind.
In December we told you that Milan are scouting Zirkzee closely because they need to invest in a young striker before next season and they believe the Dutchman has a lot of potential.
According to what is being reported by Matteo Moretto for SOSFanta, Milan know that Olivier Giroud is strongly attracted by an experience outside Europe in view of June and that means they are planning for a future without him.
The management plans to contact both Zirkzee’s entourage and Bologna to discuss a possible summer deal and Milan’s plan is to invest a total of €25-30m and insert a counterpart (presumably Lorenzo Colombo) to hit the €40m asking price.
Furthermore, Milan will also be able to use Alexis Saelemaekers in negotiations given he moved to Bologna in August 2023 via a paid loan formula (€m) with an option to buy set at around €10m.
A detail worth pointing out is Bayern Munich’s possibility of matching any type of offer that arrives but the last word belongs to the player, who must still give his ok to return to Germany, which he is not inclined to do.
The real competition will be from the Premier League, which is a league in which Zirkzee’s agent has great relationships (Arsenal above all) and where clubs could offer more.
