Friday, July 22, 2022 at 4:28 PM• Jeroen van Poppel • Last update: 16:28

Perr Schuurs is in the serious interest of Fiorentina, renowned transfer expert Gianluca Di Marzio reported late on Thursday evening. La Viola considers the 22-year-old defender of Ajax as a possible replacement for Nikola Milenkovic, who is about to be sold to Internazionale. “Fiorentina is evaluating successors and Schuurs is one of the players the technical leadership finds interesting,” Di Marzio said.

Inter are looking for a new centre-back this summer and are aiming entirely at Milenkovic after missing Bremer. The former made the sensitive switch from Torino to fellow city rivals Juventus this week, which paid no less than forty million euros. According to Italian media, Milenkovic must bring in around fifteen million euros. The 24-year-old Serb is only one more season with Fiorentina, which is more or less forced to go on sale.

Due to the sale of Dusan Vlahovic, who left for Juventus for more than eighty million euros in January, the number seven of last season in the Serie A has sufficient resources to knock on Ajax’s door. The team from Amsterdam is in principle in the position of ‘not at all’ wanting to cooperate in the departure of Schuurs, as the defender himself indicated on Tuesday after the practice match against Red Bull Salzburg (2-3 win).

Just like last season, Schuurs threatens to end up on the bench behind Jurriën Timber and has absolutely no appetite for it. “I have spoken with the trainer and it is not for nothing that Ajax does not want to let me go at all”, Schuurs said afterwards. Ziggo Sports. “I have stated often enough that I want and have to play every week at this age. In the coming weeks we will look at and have conversations about what is best for me and what Ajax wants.” The team from Amsterdam transferred about two million euros to Fortuna Sittard for Schuurs on January 1, 2018, who has played for the club ninety times since then.