New right-back and head coach – Mendes working on double operation with Milan

The axis between AC Milan and the ‘super agent’ Jorge Mendes seems to be heating up a lot in view of what is a very important summer window for the club.

According to the latest from Daniele Longo of Calciomercato.com, Mendes is working on two separate but also parallel tracks with Milan. Firstly he wants to bring Sergio Conceiçao to Milan as the new head coach, and the comments from yesterday left the door open to a Porto exit.

In addition to that, the journalist claims that Mendes is also working on a deal that would see Lille right-back Tiago Santos join the Rossoneri too. The club’s idea is to get a new player in that position, to challenge for Davide Calabria’s spot.

You might well remember that we were the first to exclusively report last month the links between Santos and Milan, as we were informed that the Diavolo had submitted a verbal proposal of €12m to sign the 21-year-old, which also includes a 20% resale clause in favour of the Ligue 1 side.

In July 2023, Santos signed a five-year contract with Lille who got him for €6.5m from Sporting CP and he has since established himself as a starter for Les Dogues, with over 40 appearances to his name this season, including three goals and two assists.