Sky Journalist Peppe Di Stefano has admitted that Ismael Bennacer could be sold in the final week of the transfer market and does not rule out AC Milan signing a striker.
Speaking on Sky Sport 24 (via Radio Rossonera), Di Stefano assessed what the final week of the transfer market could look like for Milan and there is every chance that it will be very busy.
With four senior players having already arrived, Milan have got the bulk of their work done when it comes to new players. There is still work to do with sales, though, and Bennacer looks to be a prime suspect to leave the club.
Milan would like to bring Manu Kone into the midfield rotation but with Bennacer, Yacine Adli and Tommaso Pobega all surplus to requirements, space needs to be made.
“The suspect, should there be a sale that I would call excellent, would be Bennacer alone, because clearly you don’t sell the top players in this team. Bennacer, should an interesting offer arrive for the player but above all for the club, could be sold. There are seven days to go until the end of the market, and Milan have reached the four main targets: central defender, right-back, central midfielder and striker,” Di Stefano said.
Di Stefano went on to explain that Fode Ballo-Toure is another player like Adli who could be trimmed from the squad as the week progresses.
That would then open the door to the potential arrival of a striker, even though the general understanding at this point is that Milan would only add a new midfielder.
“Having said that, Milan are in an ideal position: they have to dispose of those few players who are now redundant within the squad such as Adli or Ballo-Toure. For the rest, Milan has the serenity to be able to prove some small gaps that exist with other teams or perhaps take opportunities. For example, there is the possibility that Milan could take a new forward to fill out the attacking department even more. It is not a necessity, but an opportunity and in my opinion something can happen between now and seven days. So watch out for Milan,” he said.
