AC Milan have made it clear that Noah Okafor will not be part of any negotiations with Roma for Tammy Abraham, it is claimed, while there are no intentions to sell him either.
Okafor came on in the second half of last night’s friendly against Barcelona and looked very lively off the bench in his preseason debut, but there was a cloud hanging over him regarding his future and a potential exchange deal with Roma.
Corriere dello Sport were among the sources to report that Okafor is of interest to the Giallorossi as they look to explore a potentially mutually beneficial operation with Milan which would involve Tammy Abraham going the other way.
According to Daniele Longo of Calciomercato.com, however, Okafor is not on the market. Roma do indeed like him but Milan ‘are not open to including him’ in the possible Abraham deal, because they wish to keep him.
In his first season at the club after joining from Red Bull Salzburg, the Swiss forward netted six goals in the league and became a real impact player because those goals turned the results into five wins and a draw.
La Gazzetta dello Sport claimed yesterday that Fonseca considers him an interesting asset for the attacking department and would ‘like to make him his Rossonero Jonathan David’.
