Tuttosport: Moncada keen on rising Angers star – valuation already €25m+

AC Milan are keeping their options open with the January window to open in less than three weeks, and a target from France has emerged.

Milan are looking for the right players to add to coach Massimiliano Allegri’s squad as he battles for the Scudetto. There have been many players linked in the past few weeks, with most of them being strikers given the issues in attack.

While Robert Lewandowski and Dusan Vlahovic have been spoken about more as options for next summer, Niclas Fullkrug, Joshua Zirkzee and Lorenzo Lucca seem like possible mid-season candidates.

Cherif on the list

Tuttosport (via Calciomercato.com) are reporting that Milan’s technical director Geoffrey Moncada is eyeing Sidiki Cherif. The French striker of Guinean origin (born in 2006) has a contract with Angers until June 2028, where he developed in the youth academy.

He has scored three goals in 15 appearances this season for the first team, who play at home tonight against Nantes in the Ligue 1 clash. The presence of Milan scouts in Angers’ recent matches hasn’t gone unnoticed.

What they have reported back is positive: he is a fast striker, skilled at attacking space in behind. Several German clubs – including Hamburg, Borussia Monchengladbach, Eintracht Frankfurt and Stuttgart – are watching him too. This means his valuation has already risen to €25-30m.