Serbian national team fitness coach Dusan Ilic has named the club that he thinks Dusan Vlahovic will join next, and it is not AC Milan.
Vlahovic has been linked with Milan for years, stretching back to his days with Fiorentina. Multiple sources have confirmed in recent weeks that the Rossoneri see this summer as an opportunity, given his contract will expire and therefore a free transfer is possible.
However, they are not the only club purported to be in the mix. The Premier League remains an option with its vast riches, and Spanish sides continue to be linked too. Tuttosport even suggested on Monday that the €24m net contract tabled by Milan to Vlahovic is far from good enough.
Ilic gave an interview to Tuttosport in which he was asked about what the future of the centre-forward, seeming to suggest that a move to LaLiga will be the next step for his compatriot.
“He’ll go to Barcelona, for me. Before Juve, he’d spoken to Atletico Madrid, but he chose the Bianconeri anyway. It was an offer he couldn’t refuse,” he said (via MilanPress).
“Dusan respects and loves your country [Italy]: that’s why he stayed so long. Now he has to renew his career, try to move forward. Is going abroad the solution? Only then will he return to being the top-quality player we saw at Fiorentina. He was top class, he always had those skills.”