Antonio Silva: Milan emerge as Juventus see opening offer rejected | OneFootball

Multiple sources in Italy claim Benfica rejected Juventus’ opening bid for Antonio Silva, so Milan have joined the race to sign the promising centre-back.

Milan and Juventus will meet in the Supercoppa semifinal this evening, but Rossoneri and Bianconeri are preparing for a transfer challenge as well.

Sky Sport Italia and Tuttosport claim that Benfica have rejected a loan offer from Juventus for Portuguese defender Antonio Silva.

Antonio Silva: Milan emerge as Juventus see opening offer rejected

epa06052221 Portuguese soccer agent Jorge Mendes (C) arrives at court to testify as suspect in the framework of the tax fraud investigation ‘Falcao Case’ in Pozuelo de Alarcon, near Madrid, Spain, 27 June 2017. EPA/JUAN CARLOS HIDALGO

Both sources say the Old Lady offered €5m for a six-month loan. According to Sky, the option to buy proposed by Juventus was €30m; according to Tuttosport, it was €25m.

In any case, Benfica already rejected Juventus’ bid, seeing Milan join the race for the 21-year-old

New Milan coach Sergio Conceiçao shares the same agent as Antonio Silva, Jorge Mendes, and Tuttosport claims the Rossoneri have emerged as the ‘plan B’ for the Portuguese.

Sky claims Juventus will probably send a new offer soon, given that they need a defensive reinforcement soon.

Gleison Bremer and Juan Cabal are injured and will not return before the end of the season. Danilo is not part of the project and has not joined the team for the Supercup Final Four in Saudi Arabia.