da poker： This article is part of Football FanCast’s Transfer Focus series, which provides opinion and analysis on recent transfer news…
da betsul： According to new reports coming from Gazzetta dello Sport, Milan are interested in buying Juventus’ out of favour defender, Merih Demiral, who’s also wanted by Arsenal. For the Rossoneri, this deal could solve a big problem in their squad.
What’s the word, then?
Demiral is not really a fresh target for Milan.
They tried snatching him away in the summer as well and were even prepared to fork out around €30m (£25.5m) as per an older report from La Gazzetta (via Football Italia).
Still, Juventus wouldn’t budge and the deal was postponed until January and the Rossoneri are once again expected to return for their man.
The 21-year-old, however, is also wanted by Arsenal, as Gazzetta’s Nicolo Schira has stated just recently and both clubs have contacted Demiral’s agent, asking for the player’s availability.
Milan are in dire need of a third centre-back that could potentially fill a void left by Leo Duarte and Bianconeri’s defender seems like a perfect fit.
Ideal solution
Just recently, Duarte had to undergo ankle surgery that will see him sit out a big part of the remaining campaign.
Even though Milan have four other centre-backs in the squad, both Mattia Caldara and Matteo Gabbia are yet to tally a single minute in 2019/20 and the Rossoneri don’t have anyone to act as a reliable third defender behind Alessio Romagnoli and Mateo Mussachio.
Demiral is in a similarly unfavourable situation over at Juventus himself since he has only tallied 90 minutes throughout the whole season and seeing how he’s far behind in the pecking order in Maurizio Sarri’s squad, going for the exit door might be his best course of action.
Arsenal’s interest is also pretty much warranted.
The Gunners have conceded a total of 19 goals in just 13 games and have only kept two clean sheets in the Premier League in the process.
Demiral looks like a good bet for the future and is also a kid with a lot of talent that could potentially help patch up some of the Gunners’ problems.
Of course, with the likes of Matthijs de Ligt, Leonardo Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini in the Juventus squad, it’s easy to see why he was frozen out and his lack of game time doesn’t necessarily mean he’s not good.
Gazzetta dello Sport also mention Milan might try to sell Ricardo Rodriguez to fund this transfer so they very much mean business and the Gunners will have to step up their game.
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