Newcastle asked after Milan defender Fikayo Tomori in recent days but have also shown interest in Fikayo Tomori, while Milan inquired about Kieran Trippier.
Fabrizio Romano and Matteo Moretto report on X, formerly Twitter, that Newcastle have resumed talks with Milan asking for information about German defender Thiaw.
Newcastle had previously contacted Milan to inquire about Tomori, but both he and Thiaw are an important part of Milan’s project, so the Rossoneri are reportedly unwilling to sell.
Milan and Newcastle discuss Thiaw and Trippier transfers after Tomori
However, calciomercato.com claims that Milan’s asking price for Tomori is between €40m and €50m.
According to Romano, Milan sounded out Trippier’s availability during the latest round of talks with Newcastle, but talks for the England international are not at an advanced stage.
Other sources have also linked Newcastle with Juventus defender Federico Gatti, and Romano confirms that Thiaw isn’t the Magpies’ only defensive transfer target for this summer.
Newcastle secured a deal to sign Sandro Tonali from Milan in an €80m deal last summer but the Italian midfielder was suspended for ten months in a gambling scandal and will return to action this coming August.
Why don’t Milan put faith in the youngsters and Italians? They always look for the next big thing, an average player at best who hasn’t proved themselves. Spending loads of money in the process. Back in the day there was at least some Italians in the squad playing in the big tournaments, now there is none. In the euros when we won with Donnarumma who was playing for AC Milan even though he was being sold to PSG now there is zero, in the World Cup in 2006 there were 5. Shame on AC Milan being a so called ‘Italian club’ where’s the next Maldini, Gatuso, Nesta, Pirlo, Costacurta, Baresi etc gonna come from.
If any team offers even a million for thiaw, I’d bite their hands off. Absolute liability.