Fiorentina eyeing Manuel Locatelli

Serie A strugglers Fiorentina are weighing up January bid for AC Milan starlet Manuel Locatelli, La Nazione can reveal.

Viola are short of quality options in the middle of the park after selling Mattias Vecino and Borja Valero and they see the Rossoneri youngster as a good reinforcement.

Manuel Locatelli, 19, showed a great deal of potential last term, making 25 league appearances and scoring 2 goals.

However, he only started one Serie A game this term and AC Milan will probably be happy to farm him out on loan in January.

Viola could soon stay without key midfielder Milan Badelj, meaning that Locatelli would have a good chance to secure regular playing time at Artemio Franchi.