As reported earlier today, AC Milan are seeking a right back, as they risk to loose 28-year-old Ignazio Abate, whose contract is about to expire, and are also thinking about Schalke 04 26-year-old Atsuto Uchida; moreover, the rossoneri are also thinking about another Japanese playing in the Bundesliga, Stuttgart 23-year-old Gotuku Sakai, who –as outlined by calciomercato.com- can also play on the left flank and could represent for the Lombard club also an important marketing operation, as well as it happened last year with Keisuke Honda. Perhaps, this latter will be away from Milan for the whole month of January, as he will be playing for his national team in the AFC Asian Cup: according to the Corriere dello Sport, Milan are thinking about Galatasaray 30-year-old Wesley Sneijder: the Holland international has one and a half years left on his contract with the Turkish club, would like to move back to Italy and could be loaned for six months; the Lombard club, as reported in the last days, is also thinking about Fiorentina 26-year-old Josip Ilicic, and are ready to offer 30-year-old striker Giampaolo Pazzini to the viola, but the Tuscan team’s coach Vincenzo Montella wants to keep the Slovenia international. Serie A defending champions Juventus keep on seeking a midfielder, as Andrea Pirlo will soon turn 36 and Arturo Vidal could finally leave: according to A Bola, the bianconeri are thinking about FC Porto 21-year-old Juan Fernando Quintero, even if this latter has an extremely high evaluation.
