DBasia.news – Although not reached an agreement, AC Milan had negotiated with Arsenal related to bringing Arsenal midfielder, Mohammed Elneny to AC Milan in the transfer market last summer. This has been confirmed by Alaa Nazmy, agent Mohammed Elneny.
Mohammed Elneny has strengthened Arsenal since January 2016. However, the Egyptian player did not get much chance to appear. Based on Transfermakrt records, Elneny has only defended 89 times for the Gunners.
Arsenal decided to loan the player to Besiktas this season. Apparently, at the same time, Elneny also had entered the AC Milan radar.
“AC Milan and AS Roma have tried to bring Elneny in the last transfer market. However, the negotiations did not go smoothly. Also, he received more than one offer,” said Nazmu as reported by Time Sport.
“I cannot reveal the matter of new negotiations with Milan in terms of bringing Elneny in the upcoming transfer market. Unai Emery did not ask Elneny to leave Arsenal because of his performance, but he was asked to take the opportunity to develop himself and come back again.”
Elneny received many offers last summers such as from Leicester City, West Ham United, and Valencia. However, Besiktas who reached an agreement with Arsenal,” explained the agent.
Midfield is indeed a special concern for AC Milan in the transfer market yesterday. Il Diavolo Rosso brought in two new midfielders, namely Ismael Bennacer and Rade Krunic.
Aside from individual abilities, Milan is expected to target Elneny because of cost issues. The loan status will be in line with Milan’s frugality policy.