AC Milan: will Umtiti join? Juventus: also Barça after Vidal
As revealed last night to Sky Sport by calciomercato.com transfer market expert Gianluca Di Marzio, AC Milan are interested in Lyon 20 year old center back Samuel Umtiti; as explained by calciomercato.com, the France Under 21 international would be ideal for Clarence Seedorf’s squad, but his evaluation is quit high; les Gones, might need in any case to sell some of their talents at the end of the season because of their financial situation, especially if they won’t qualify for an European competition. Interviewed by the same media, Frederic Guerra, agent of the young defender, has been quite elusive about the possibility for his client to leave at the end of the season and has assured that, at least for the moment, there have been no contacts with the rossoneri. This latters are in any case evaluating other options, like, according to the Corriere dello Sport, Botafogo 19 year old Matheus Dória Macedo, aka Doria and Ajax 22 year old Joël Veltman. For what concerns the offensive line, the Lombard club, as reported by Tuttosport, could yield its striker Mario Balotelli to Tottenham, that to obtain the Italy international could offer 22 year old Erik Lamela. As well known, Juventus midfielders Paul Pogba and Arturo Vidal are tracked by many European clubs: yesterday, Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has denied to be interested in the Chile international, but, according to Sport, it could be Barcelona the new suitor for the 26-year old; as reported by the same media, in fact, the blaugrana have already met Fernando Felicevich, agent of the former Bayer Leverkusen player, and are ready to sell Alexandre Song to obtain part of the amount required by the Serie A defending champions to yield their player.
