According to Sky Sports, Serie A giants AC Milan and Roma are ready to pick up where Barcelona left off and battle to land Norwich City’s exciting young defender Max Aarons.
20-year-old, London-born Aarons made his breakthrough at Carrow Road with a leap from the Under-18s to Under-23s in 2017 and, a year later, to the first-team picture. Since then he has been a regular for the Norfolk club, in both the Sky Bet Championship and the Premier League.
Aarons has gone on to feature in 85 games for Norwich City since his breakthrough to the big time, 36 of those coming in last season’s Premier League campaign where he turned a few heads and caught a few eyes. His Sky Bet Championship season in 2018/19 saw him feature in 41 games, scoring 2 goals and providing 6 assists.
Barcelona were said to have agreed terms with Aarons over a five-year deal, according to respected Spanish journalist Guillem Balagué. It was a deal between the Catalan giants and Aarons’ representatives but not with Norwich. The deal fell apart with Norwich unwilling to accept a deal that did not include an obligatory purchase option for the Spanish side.
Sky Sports’ article says that “both Italian clubs intend to submit a bid to Norwich” in an attempt to land the 20-year-old “in the near future.”
Barcelona are not out of the running, though, but the Catalan giants are waiting on the outcome of their attempts to land teen USA international Sergino Dest from Ajax.
