Taremi on Milan radar: Report
Serie A club Milan is considering a move for Porto striker Mehdi Taremi, according to La Gazzetta dello Sport.
The Italian daily newspaper reported that the Iranian international along with French striker Marcus Thuram – now playing for Bundesliga outfit Borussia Mönchengladbach – and West Ham’s Italian frontman Gianluca Scamacca are among Milan’s summer transfer targets as the Italian giant is looking to replace Zlatan Ibrahimović, who hung up his boots at the end of the newly-finished season.
The seven-time European champion finished fourth in the Italian league and reached the UEFA Champions League semifinals, only to suffer an aggregate defeat against archrival Inter.
Meanwhile, Turkish journalist Ekrem Konur tweeted on Monday that the Rossoneri is willing to make an initial offer of 10 million euros for the 30-year-old Iranian, whose contract at Porto runs until the end of the next season.
Should Taremi refuse to sign an extension to his current deal, Porto will have until next January to sell the prolific striker rather than let him leave as a free agent next summer.
Other reports in recent weeks have suggested that the Saudi Pro League giant Al Hilal and Turkish side Fenerbahçe could also make a move for the Porto forward in this transfer window.
A remarkable campaign saw Taremi, who is now with the national team in Kyrgyzstan for the CAFA Nations Cup, bag 31 goals in 51 outings for Porto across all competitions, while providing his teammates with 12 assists.
Having joined Porto from Rio Ave in 2020, Taremi netted 22 goals to top the scoring charts in the Primeira Liga, though the Dragons settled for a runner-up spot behind Benfica in the Portuguese top flight before lifting the Taça de Portugal trophy for a second successive season.
Former Persepolis striker scored five goals in seven games as Porto won the Champions League group but was knocked out by Inter in the round of 16.
He was also part of the national team in last November’s World Cup in Qatar, scoring twice in a 6-2 defeat against England in the group phase to become the country’s all-time top scorer in the history of the competition.