{"id":615177,"date":"2022-07-22T11:10:14","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T15:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=615177"},"modified":"2022-07-22T11:10:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T15:10:14","slug":"ac-milan-are-inquiring-on-midfielder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/22\/ac-milan-are-inquiring-on-midfielder\/","title":{"rendered":"AC Milan Are Inquiring About Young Tottenham Hotspur Midfielder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AC Milan are asking <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/19\/tottenham-confirm-signing-of-djed-spence\/\" target=\"_self\">Tottenham Hotspur<\/a> about the availability of young Senegalese midfielder Pape Matar Sarr on a possible loan, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DiMarzio\/status\/1550226231077085184\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gianluca Di Marzio<\/a>. The\u00a0<em>Rossoneri\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1550189538353577984\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">met with Tottenham&#8217;s Fabio Paratici<\/a> considering the<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/22\/ac-milan-tottenham-hotspur-japhet-tanganga\/\" target=\"_self\"> loan of Japhet Tanganga<\/a> as well. During that meeting, Milan probed on Sarr as well after his solid campaign for Ligue 1 side Metz last season. Sarr was also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CAF_Online\/status\/1550206859889582082\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recently awarded<\/a> the CAF 2022 Men&#8217;s Young Player of the Year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"it\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Calciomercato?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Calciomercato<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SerieA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#SerieA<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/acmilan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@acmilan<\/a>, chiesti <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sarr?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Sarr<\/a> e <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tanganga?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Tanganga<\/a> al <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpursOfficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@SpursOfficial<\/a>. Per la difesa sondato <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ndicka?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Ndicka<\/a> del <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Eintracht?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Eintracht<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W6YkQHQz4W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/W6YkQHQz4W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gianluca Di Marzio (@DiMarzio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DiMarzio\/status\/1550226231077085184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>AC Milan Are Interested in Pape Matar Sarr<\/h2>\n<h3>A Promising Midfielder<\/h3>\n<p>Milan are searching for midfield reinforcements after losing Franck Kessie this summer. The Ivorian star is heading to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/22\/barcelona-chelsea-target\/\" target=\"_self\">FC Barcelona<\/a>. This leaves Milan with Sandro Tonali, Ismael Bennacer, Yacine Adli, and Tommaso Pobega as the primary options in the midfield. Although that&#8217;s decent depth, Milan are looking to compete in Serie A and the Champions League this season and will need more talent. The club is also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1549737048017453056\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in the running<\/a> for Lille star Renato Sanches.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/20\/renato-sanches-definitely-leaving-lille\/\" target=\"_self\">Renato Sanches Leaving Lille With AC Milan and Paris Saint-Germain Interested<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sarr is primarily a central midfielder but has also shown versatility playing in more defensive and advanced roles. Milan manager Stefano Pioli loves versatile players, especially those who are young and growing, so Milan&#8217;s interest makes sense. With that being said, Milan are looking to bring in the player on loan.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud835\udfed\ud835\ude00\ud835\ude01 \ud835\uddf4\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\ude04\ud835\uddf6\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf5 \ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddfa \u26aa\ufe0f\ud83d\udd0c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COYS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#COYS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aHWXQ73eZm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/aHWXQ73eZm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pape Matar Sarr (@papematarsarr15) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/papematarsarr15\/status\/1547539678814928897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old scored a goal and provided three assists in 33 Ligue 1 matches last season. The season before that, Sarr scored three goals in 22 league matches.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/19\/ac-milan-are-pushing-belgian-youngster\/\" target=\"_self\">AC Milan All in on Young Belgian Talent<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s a solid short-term fix for Milan&#8217;s midfield issue, and perhaps Milan can swoop a double loan deal for Sarr and Tanganga.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AC Milan are asking Tottenham Hotspur about the availability of young Senegalese midfielder Pape Matar Sarr on a possible loan, according to Gianluca Di Marzio. The\u00a0Rossoneri\u00a0met with Tottenham&#8217;s Fabio Paratici considering the loan of Japhet Tanganga as well. During that meeting, Milan probed on Sarr as well after his solid campaign for Ligue 1 side [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2248,"featured_media":615178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1363,7188,5,24,28],"tags":[7485,8858],"class_list":["post-615177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ac-milan","category-rumours","category-serie-a","category-tottenham","category-transfers","tag-ac-milan-transfer-news","tag-pape-matar-sarr"],"modified_by":"Dylan Guest, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2248"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}