The 23-year-old Serbian is rated as one of the best young defenders in Europe and he was outstanding during this summer’s Under-21 European Championships in Holland.
Juventus have tracked Ivanovic for a number of months now and were believed to be in pole position to sign the star.
Recently it was revealed that Inter had entered the race to sign the youngster, however their interest has cooled in the last couple of weeks.
Ivanovic’s club will accept any bid of €13m or above, but at the moment Juventus are only prepared to offer €10m. This has alerted Milan, who are looking for some young reinforcements into an ageing backline.
The Rossoneri’s first choice back-four currently includes Marek Janukulovshi (30), Kakhaber Kaladze (29), Alessandro Nesta (31) and Massimo Oddo (31). Other regular starters include the 37-year-old Cafu, 39-year-old Paolo Maldini and 35-year-old Giuseppe Favalli.
Milan are prepared to offer the unsettled Dario Simic in any deal to bring Ivanovic to the club, however it remains to be seen if the player or Lokomotiv would favour this proposal.
Another player of interest to the Rossoneri is Juve’s Joanathan Zebina, and the Old Lady are said to have already turned down an approach for the fiery Frenchman.
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