AC Milan interested in Samu Castillejo

According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Italian club AC Milan are very interested in the possibility of signing Samu Castillejo. The 23-year-old winger has been turning heads for Villarreal over the course of his last few years with the Spanish side, and in order to bring the overall value of the deal down, Milan could include Carlos Bacca as part of some kind of trade deal.

Bacca was on loan at Villarreal last year where he found some success up front as one of their main attacking outlets, and now, it seems as if that switch could be made permanent. Milan are aiming to return to Champions League football next season after finishing 6th in 2017/18, whereas Villarreal enjoyed a 5th place finish in La Liga with 61 points as they attempt to rediscover the kind of success that they had a decade or so ago – both domestically and in European competition.