Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur target Nikola Milenkovic has told Fiorentina he’ll leave the club this summer with the Premier League at the top of his wish-list, according to Milan News.
After yet another underwhelming campaign from the Florence-based outfit, who can blame this much-coveted Serbia international if he wants a fresh start away from the Stadio Artemio Franchi?
After all, while Fiorentina are toiling in 14th place in the Serie A table, Milenkovic has admirers at the very top of the European game.
Milan News reports the 6ft 5in centre-half is a summer target for Manchester United, Chelsea, AC Milan and Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool.
Calciomercato, meanwhile, claimed in March that the Reds had joined Premier League rivals Tottenham in holding talks with Milenkovic’s agent.
The former Partizan Belgrade youngster is out of contract in 2022, his price tag falling from £35 million to £22 million in just a few months.
And, according to reports coming out of Italy this week, there’s an acceptance at Fiorentina that retaining Milenkovic’s services beyond this season would be mission ‘impossible’.
Even Ethan Hunt himself would deem tying down the wantaway Serb a task beyond his remit.
The towering Milenkovic has already told La Viola he plans to leave during the upcoming transfer window, all the while instructing his representatives to find him a new club.
It’s no secret AC Milan are in the market for a commanding central defender – especially with Fikayo Tomori’s long-term future uncertain. Unfortunately for the Rossoneri, however, Milenkovic appears to have his sights firmly fixed on the Premier League.
And, if Liverpool’s humbling Champions League defeat by Real Madrid is anything to go by, a top-quality stopper would be well received at Anfield.
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