After several sales, Milan hopes to win the race for the €20 million Frenchman.

Since AC Milan does not yet believe that its midfield is complete, they may make three transfers before the window closes: one signing and two sales.

Milan is still hoping to defeat Roma in the fight for Borussia Moenchengladbach midfielder Manu Kone, but the directors understand that sales must come first in order to create money and open up roster spaces. Giorgio Furlani and company felt that Al-Qadsiah’s offer of less than €20 million was too low when they investigated the idea of bringing Ismael Bennacer to Saudi Arabia last week. However, the Algerian’s departure is still regarded as a possibility should the bid increase.

Because of this, the people at Casa Milan are closely monitoring the developments around Koné, who excelled both in the Bundesliga and at the Olympics with France. Borussia is willing to sell for about €20 million, particularly because the 23-year-old requested to go.

To fully repair the midfield, it may be necessary to replace Bennacer with one player and let go of Yacine Adli and Tommaso Pobega, who are not thought to be a part of Paulo Fonseca’s plans.