Alessio Romagnoli has been on Chelsea’s radar for some time now and the Blues are said to be keen to renew their interest in the AC Milan centre-back once the summer transfer window opens.
However, Milan have gone out of their way to say that they have absolutely no plans to offload the Italy international this summer as he remains an integral part of their long-term plans.
Milan signed the Roma youth product for £22.5m in August 2015 and he has made 104 appearances for the club to date, scoring six goals and is beginning to form a solid centre-back partnership with Italian national team captain Leonardo Bonucci.
Milan’s sporting director, Massimiliano Mirabelli, has told TMW, as cited by talkSPORT, that the club are not interested in selling Romagnoli in the summer despite reported interest from Chelsea, hinting that they are looking to extend his contract beyond its 2020 expiry.
We want Alessio Romagnoli to remain for a long time and we are already talking to his agent. We trust all our players can accompany us for a long while yet.
Chelsea are expected to be in the market for a new centre-back with David Luiz widely expected to leave in the summer, but Romagnoli is seemingly unlikely to be that man.
