AC Milan are on the hunt for another centre-forward, and the latest name to gain their interest is Arnaud Kalimuendo.
According to Sky, Milan are still looking for another striker who can join Santiago Gimenez to complete the position. Now, the management are ‘also surprisingly pursuing’ Stade Rennais forward Arnaud Kalimuendo.
The 23-year-old is on Massimiliano Allegri’s list of potential options, but no offer has been made yet by the club. In the season that has just finished, Kalimuendo made 33 league appearances for the Ligue 1 side and scored 17 goals.
The former PSG man is a versatile attacker, capable of playing both as a striker and in support of another player further out wide, making him perfect for the 3-5-2 formation implemented by Allegri at Milan so far.
As a reminder, Igli Tare said in a press conference to journalists at Casa Milan last month 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.
Kalimuendo, given his size (175cm) and being known for playing as a second striker too, does not really fit the bill of being a penalty area striker, with 40 goals in 112 games for Rennes. It could suggest a change in the transfer plans.
