€60m Dutchman remains Milan’s No.1 summer target despite Sesko links

Joshua Zirkzee remains the number one target for AC Milan in view of the summer window despite the recent links to Benjamin Sesko, according to a report.

MilanNews begin their update by confirming that Olivier Giroud will hang up his red and black shirt for the final time after the match against Salernitana on May 26th to join Los Angeles FC and will therefore have to be replaced.

The top names on the list are those of Zirzkee and Sesko. The former is ‘certainly the favourite’ in the eyes of the Milan management and is actually the number one target for the mercato in general, with a €60m outlay required to sign him.

Contacts between the parties are continuous and efforts are being made to find an economic solution. The Dutchman has impressed this season and is dragging Bologna towards qualification for a European competition, something that hasn’t happened since the 1998-99 campaign.

Sesko of Leipzig remains a credible alternative though. He has scored 16 goals in total this season for the Bundesliga club and he has different characteristics from Zirkzee, such as more height and size, but he has been tracked since his Red Bull Salzburg days.

According to Sky Germany, thanks to Sesko’s good performances in the second half of the season the release clause in his contract has now risen to €65m, and could go up even further yet.