Sky Germany: RB Leipzig weighing up January move for Jashari – the situation

Ardon Jashari only joined AC Milan a few months ago, but he is already attracting interest from a club in the Bundesliga.

Jashari was the soap opera of the summer for Milan as the directors negotiated for weeks before eventually agreed a deal worth over €30m. A leg fracture early in his time halted some of the momentum, but he has grown in recent starts including against Lecce on Sunday, his first at home.

Ardon already targeted

According to Philipp Hinze of Sky Germany, RB Leipzig are in the market for a new central midfielder in the January window and they have a few different names in mind, given they are currently just outside the Champions League places.

If the Rocco Reitz deal doesn’t work out (at Borussia Mönchengladbach), Leipzig are also looking into Arne Engels and Ardon Jashari. The Roten Bullen are keeping an eye on the development of both players.

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Engels and Jashari are on Leipzig’s shortlist. However, the priority is to sign Rocco Reitz, who according to their information has a release clause (€25-28m). This is a price that currently exceeds RB Leipzig’s own evaluations.

Given the efforts it took to bring the Swiss international to San Siro and the fact that he has only just begun finding his feet, the notion of Milan selling Jashari in the winter seems almost impossible.