However, it will not be easy for Lazio to snatch the player from Milan. Loftus-Cheek, in fact, will continue to be a goal of the AC Milan club even with the revolution underway within the club. Ameno this is what we get from the first rumors. The agents of the English footballer had planned a contact in these hours with Maldini and Massara to reach an agreement in principle. The appointment has obviously been skipped, but it is probable that there will soon be another one with the figures that will take the place of the outgoing ones. Even for a matter of fairness, the midfielder's clan will continue to favor the Rossoneri track. Lazio, thus, is at the window for the moment. But he has already made it known that he is ready to take the field if the negotiations with Milan get bogged down further.
The Roman club had had several contacts with the Chelsea footballer's entourage a year ago, when he was chosen as Milinkovic's replacement in case the Serbian was sold. A year later the same situation could arise again, given that there is a good chance that Milinkovic will leave Formello. But in reality Sarri has asked for a strong midfielder regardless of the departure of the Serbian, also because the sale of Milinkovic could also materialize in the closing of the market and the coach does not want to be taken aback. The name on which Sarri aims to fill this box is that of the Polish Zielinski, whose arrival however is not easy at all (Naples do not seem so inclined to sell him, even if his contract expires in a year). Loftus-Cheek would be an equally welcome profile for the Tuscan coach. He too, just like Zielinski, is a player that the Lazio coach knows well. He had it in the season he spent on the Chelsea bench: together they won the Europa League in 2019. A detail that can help the negotiation with the player, who would not mind returning to work with Sarri. Then there would be to convince Chelsea. Who values Loftus-Cheek at around 20 million, a price that Lazio (as, indeed, Milan is also doing) would try to file a bit, leveraging on the near expiry (2024) of the player's contract.
