Milan are reportedly formulating an offer for Roma star Nicolò Zaniolo, including Tommaso Pobega plus cash to reach the €50m asking price.
According to La Repubblica newspaper, the official proposal would be a cash sum plus a player who is of interest to coach Jose Mourinho and director Tiago Pinto.
The man for the job is believed to be Pobega, a product of the Rossoneri youth academy who spent the last couple of seasons on loan at Spezia and Torino.
He turns 23 next month and already has one senior Italy cap, making his debut in the 1-1 Nations League draw with Germany.
It was an impressive campaign for Pobega, who scored four goals and provided three assists in 33 Serie A games for Torino.
Zaniolo will also be 23 in July and his career has been stalled by two serious knee ligament injuries.
He spent time in the youth academies of Genoa, Fiorentina, Virtus Entella and Inter before he was sold to Roma for €4.5m in 2018 as part of the Radja Nainggolan deal.
He scored eight goals and provided nine assists in 42 competitive matches for the Giallorossi this season.
Mercato, Maldini prepara l’offerta per #Zaniolo: possibile inserimento di #Pobega che piace alla Roma #ASRoma https://t.co/10xg1bNQaf
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It’s silly season at the moment with transfer rumours so I’ll take this with a pinch of salt at the moment, however, i’m not convinced letting Pobega go, plus cash, is a good move here
Selling Pobega would be a mistake. He is someone who can operate in that Kessie role. I always looked at him as our modern day Ambrosini. Furthermore, we need players who have come thru the system for the club to have an identity within.
Don’t Milan need a certain number of youth academy products in the squad? I believe letting Pobega go means we can’t hit that quota (4 players I think) We have Maldini, Gabbia, Calabria and Pobega.
This looks like Fantacalcio tbh
Can we please just give Pobega a chance? My god…