Mercato Lens : Milan has a crush on Loïs Openda
Author of a very interesting first season at Lens, with 19 goals scored in Ligue 1, Loïs Openda will animate the next summer mercato. In Italy, AC Milan would have made him their priority in attack.
Having dropped to fourth place in Serie A following Juventus' penalty, AC Milan will be looking to recruit a new number nine during the summer mercato. Their final ranking and the European competition they will play in next season will determine their room for maneuver in order to complete this file of the new striker supposed to compete with Olivier Giroud.
While CalcioMercato announced yesterday that <a href=/news/mercato-om-milan-goes-after-balogun>Folarin Balogun (on loan at Reims from Arsenal) was very appealing to AC Milan, La Gazzetta dello Sport assures this Wednesday that the Belgian striker from Lens Loïs Openda (23 years old, contract until 2027) is the offensive priority of the Milanese club for this summer.
Openda available for 25 million euros?
According to the pink daily, the man with 19 goals in Ligue 1 this season is unanimously accepted in Milan and could be available this summer for about 25 million euros. An amount a little lower than those circulating in recent days in the French press.
Gazzetta : Loïs Openda est la cible prioritaire du Milan pour l’été prochain. L’attaquant du RC Lens coûterait aux alentours de 25M, son profil fait l’unanimité au sein du club 👇🏻 pic.twitter.com/QIhJvIGTQR
— GuillaumeMP (@Guillaumemp) May 24, 2023
For his part, Loïs Openda has repeated his desire to play in the next Champions League with Lens (currently 2nd in Ligue 1 with 5 points ahead of OM with two days to go) and there is no doubt that he will not leave the club sang et or this summer for a club that does not play in this competition.
Should Milan fail to close the Openda deal, several alternative leads are being studied according to La Gazzetta dello Sport, which cites the names of Marko Arnautovic (Bologna), Gianluca Scamacca (West Ham) and Alvaro Morata (Atletico Madrid). Profiles that have little to do with that of Openda...