Milan’s interest in Criscito confirmed, Nani under consideration?

DOMENICO CRISCITO’S agent has confirmed that Milan want his client, while il Diavolo told Obi’s agent ‘no thanks’.

Milan’s mercato started in a bang with Michael Agazzi, Alex and Jeremy Menez arriving on free transfers but things have slowed down since, especially due to the fact that the Rossoneri are no in a point where they have to sell before buying.

Filippo Inzaghi wants reinforcements in all departments and in defense, after the signings on Alex and Adil Rami, the priority is a left back and with Sime Vrsaljko reportedly heading to Sassuolo, Domenico Criscito seems to be the target.

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“I can confirm that Milan are interested in Criscito, but it’s too soon to talk about the deal being concluded,” Criscito’s agent Andrea D’Amico told SportItalia. “Is it the moment to come back to Italy? I don’t know, but I am certainly very flattered by Milan’s interest,” the player himself , who will be celebrating 28 winters in December, told Tuttomercatoweb.com this week.

“I don’t know what Zenit’s position is, as you’d need to ask my agent what the club thinks. What I do know is that they consider me an important player.” According to Tuttosport, Criscito appears to be open to the idea of moving to Milan and has in fact contacted his Nazionale friends who are at Milan to ask about the project of Inzaghi for the red & black club for the upcoming season. The FB is valuated at €12m but Milan could include a player in the deal in order to reduce costs.

According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Michelangelo Albertazzi, Cristian Zapata or Mexes could be ‘the player’ included in the Mimmo deal while there are also reports that Ignazio Abate might be heading to Zenit since his contract at Milan expires next year. The fullback position is not the only role that Inzaghi wants to improve as Milan are still looking for a right winger.

The first target Juan Iturbe looks set to join Roma for nearly €30 mil (the Juventus of Max Allegri failed to reach a financial agreement with Hellas Verona) and there doesn’t appear to be progress on the Alessio Cerci front as official negotiations haven’t started yet (Milan haven’t spoken to Zenit about Criscito either). Sky Italia reports that Milan are now exploring other possibilities, cheaper options (and frankly, worse options) and the name of Manchester United’s Nani has come up.

Sky believes that Nani is worth around €7-8m which is considerably lower than the request of Hellas for Iturbe (€30m) or Torino’s for Cerci (€20m). The wages of the Portuguese are the problem, though, since he earns €3.5m per year. It’s said that Milan have been in contact with his agent. The likes of Antoine Griezmann and Mathieu Valbuena do not seem to be real targets. Corriere dello Sport links Milan today with Paris Saint-Germain’s Lucas Moura but costs would be high too.

It’s clear, however, that before Milan buy a winger they need to sell forwards. M’Baye Niang looks to be staying and so Robinho is the number one candidate to leave. He wants Orlando City and they want him and negotiations are underway but there is the problem: Orlando want to loan him out to a Brazilian club until the MLS season starts but he has no offers.

It’s also reported that the agent of John Obi Mikel has offered him to Milan but they have rejected the man of Chelsea, who are desperate to offload the Nigerian. Inzaghi has said the club knows what his demands are, but resources are limited.