Jorginho’s agent has responded to talk of possible interest from AC Milan in the Chelsea ace, while Udinese released a statement on Rodrigo De Paul on Thursday.
The Rossoneri are in a real battle for Champions League qualification currently, and so that will ultimately be at the forefront of the minds of all concerned in the coming weeks.
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A return to Europe’s top table would also impact our plans for the summer transfer window, but it seems as though speculation and discussion over potential targets has begun regardless.
Jorginho’s agent on talk of Milan move
Jorginho is enjoying a strong season with Chelsea as the Blues have a chance of winning major trophies ahead of them, but his agent, Joao Santos, has been responding to rumours over the Italian international’s future.
“His desire is to return to Italy, but I think it will happen in a couple of years and not now. Milan? If he leaves Chelsea, €50m and a contract similar to his current one, they can think about him,” he told Radio Kiss Kiss, as reported by MilanNews.
With Ismael Bennacer, Franck Kessie and Sandro Tonali at Stefano Pioli’s disposal to play in the deeper midfield roles, a move for Jorginho doesn’t seem to make much sense for us currently.
If one of them were to move on, perhaps that would open up a spot in the squad, but given he turns 30 later this year, it’s unclear when it would become part of Milan’s strategy to make a move for him.
De Paul trip clarified amid rumours
Meanwhile, Udinese took the step to dismiss speculation over De Paul, as they released a club statement to explain why the playmaker was in Milan on Thursday.
“Udinese specifies, in order to avoid any misunderstanding, that today Rodrigo De Paul was in Milan to go to the Argentine Consulate, with his family and accompanied by the Club, for bureaucratic reasons,” it read on their official club site.
As noted by MilanNews earlier this week, via the paper edition of La Gazzetta dello Sport, the Argentine ace has been paired with a move to the Rossoneri, as he continues to show his quality this season.
De Paul, 26, has eight goals and 10 assists in 34 appearances for Udinese thus far, and while it remains to be seen if a move elsewhere does materialise this summer, there was nothing in his trip to Milan this week that was related to his future and his current club were keen to stress that in their statement.
