AC Milan are seeking a goalkeeper to replace Christian Abbiati, who has not yet extended his contract, who will expire at the end of the current season, and, in any case, is about to turn 36. One of the main candidates, as partly confirmed by his agent to calciomerctao.com, is Saint-Etienne 26 year old Stéphane Ruffier, and today, interviewed by Radio Rosa, the former Inter Milan and Torino midfielder Benoît Cauet has declared that the France international would be perfect for the Serie A; but the rossoneri, for the same position, are also attentive to the Spanish market, as, according to El Mundo Deportivo, their Chief Executive Adriano Galliani has been observing Espanyol 26 year old Francisco “Kiko” Casilla Cortés; added to the player’s contract, who will expire in June 2015, there is a 20 million euros termination clause, but, considering the great relations between the two clubs, Milan hope to obtain a reduction. Moreover, according to goal.com, the Lombard club, during last week’s game against Genoa, has carried out the negotiation for the rossoblu 26 year old midfielder Juraj Kucka: the Slovakia international should earn about 1,2 million euros per season, while it is still unknown the amount that the rossoneri will pay to the Ligurian club, even if 30 year old left back Luca Antonini and 18 year old midfielder Bryan Cristante could be part of the negotiation.

As anticipated earlier today, it seems always more difficult for Paris Saint-Germain 30 year old forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic to join his former club Juventus, and, in fact, FIAT president John Elkann has declared that the Sweden international is part of their club’s history, but not of their plans for the future. On the contrary, Sampdoria 21 year old striker Simone Zaza, actually on loan at Ascoli and tracked by the Serie A defending champions, has declared to Tuttosport that he doesn’t want to move abroad but continue to improve in the Italian championship.