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AC Milan zero in on top summer transfer target

AC Milan zero in on top summer transfer target

Though the January transfer market has just concluded, forward-thinking clubs are already planning for this summer’s window. One of those clubs is AC Milan, who has identified a top target for that period.

Sampdoria’s Ivan Strinic has been unable to find a contract resolution with his club and will become a free transfer in the summer. A team like AC Milan will find him very attractive, not only because of his play but, because he won’t cost a transfer fee (something the Rossoneri loathe to do with their present financial situation).

The left-back will help solidify, what has been, an unsteady defensive unit at the San Siro. At the moment, both parties have been unable to reach an agreement on a pre-contract, but they will continue to work together as winter turns to spring

The Croatian may not be a ‘sexy’ acquisition, but he may herald in a new director for Milan transfer strategies. After last summer’s 200 million euro spree and this year’s financial crisis, the Rossoneri doesn’t have the spending power it used to have.