An old transfer market mantra says that teams ready in August start the transfer market in March. In short, the great movements have begun, including surveys, requests, offers, courtships.
Everyone does it, the Milan, who should say goodbye to Stefano Pioli in June to start a new technical season, which once again involves young people and new names. He does it or at least he should do it there Roma, which officially does not yet have a sporting director and does not know for sure who will be on its bench in the summer. Yet they move, between suggestions and names that could become reality.
Benjamin Sesko, another name for the post-Giroud. Photo source: Sky Sports
Milan, aim to replace Giroud
Not just Pioli, in Milan they will have to replace above all Olivier Giroud, the French striker who promised himself to the US Major League Soccer (specifically to Los Angeles FC). It won’t be easy to do, also because the 38-year-old today brings 14 goals and 9 assists between the Champions League and Europa League, Italian Cup and Serie A. He therefore needs a strong name, maybe two. The first name is that of Joshua Zirkzee, the star of Thiago Motta’s Bologna, who however costs dearly. The other names, however, are those of Benjamin Sesko of Leipzig, Viktor Gyokeres of Sporting Lisbon or Santiago Gimenez of Feyenoord. Profiles not of the highest level, but certainly future. The recipe is done, now you need the ingredients. The budget is 50 million.
Lorenzo Lucca with the Ajax shirt. Photo Source: Fanpage
Roma after Lukaku
Similar, in some ways, is the situation in Rome. Here too there is a star to replace and the name is that of Romelu Lukaku. In fact, the Belgian will return to Chelsea, but who knows in which direction. Arabia, the USA too. However, this is not the problem, the problem will be the void that he will leave, which cannot be filled by the simple Tammy Abraham, who has recently returned to group training in Trigoria. La Gazzetta dello Sport today named some possible replacements. What is most suitable for Rome is Lorenzo Lucca, 23 years old, from Udinese but on loan from Pisa, fresh from his first national team call-up by Luciano Spalletti. 29 games, 7 goals and 3 assists this year, in Friuli. A market valuation which, according to Transfermarkt, is around 10 million euros. Federico Balzaretti, sporting director of Udinese, spoke of redemption being “not certain but very probable”. And who knows, it might happen also thanks to Roma’s interest.
2024-03-28 11:00:40
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