Pellegatti: The ‘preferred option’ – Milan still hoping to land Liverpool striker

Carlo Pellagatti believes that Darwin Nunez remains on AC Milan’s list of targets for the striker position, price permitting. 

During a press conference to journalists at Casa Milan last month, Milan’s sporting director Igli Tare confired that the club are looking for a striker who has almost the same physical and technical characteristics as Olivier Giroud.

“We are evaluating both in Italy and outside Italy: it is a question of characteristics and for our team’s game it is fundamental. He must be a player with completely different characteristics to those of Gimenez who is not a centre-forward like Giroud: we must be good at completing these two things together,” he said.

Reports have suggested that Dusan Vlahovic could certainly be an opportunity given that he is at odds with Juventus and knows Massimiliano Allegri well, but the intentions of the management might be different.

Nunez on the list

Carlo Pellegatti has given his take on Milan’s pursuit of a new centre-forward in his weekly column for MilanNews, putting the name of Nunez back out there.

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“As for the attack, currently dominated by Gimenez alone  – the verdict on which I’ll leave until the next few matches as a starter – we’re waiting for the ‘TRANSFER OPPORTUNITIES’ sign to be put up in international football, seeking the solution best suited to Allegri and least costly for the club.

“Casa Milan’s preferred option is Liverpool’s Darwin Núñez, but with a purchase option that obviously isn’t contingent on a €40 or €50 million outlay. Meanwhile, Milan seems to be open to making inquiries about Dušan Vlahović. Many fans like him, but the matter will likely be discussed again in the very final days of the transfer window.”