Cisse targeted by Arsenal, Brighton and more as Milan raise price to €60m

Cisse targeted by Arsenal, Brighton and more as Milan raise price to €60m Milan forward Alphadjo Cisse is attracting interest from the Premier League, as Arsenal reportedly pursued him after Brighton and Hove Albion, with others focused on the €60m talent. The versatile figure just celebrated his 20 th birthday and is having a remarkable debut top flight campaign, scoring five goals in nine Serie A appearances, plus three in only four Europa League matches. Premier League clubs eager for Cisse ITALY – NOVEMBER 8: Alphadjo Cissé of Milan (left) and Kingsley Ehizibue of Genoa vie for the ball during the Serie A match between Genoa CFC and AC Milan at Stadio Luigi Ferraris on November 8, 2026 in Genoa, Italy. (Photo by Simone Arveda/Getty Images) There had already been suggestions from Fabrizio Romano’s Italian-language YouTube Channel earlier this week that Brighton and Hove Albion had made a verbal approach for the player. However, Milan turned it down outright, confident that Cisse will keep going from strength to strength, especially after receiving his first senior Italy call-up for the Nations League . ITALY – OCTOBER 28: Alphadjo Cisse of AC Milan celebrates scoring his team’s second goal during the Serie A match between AC Milan and Bologna FC at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on October 28, 2026 in Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images) Now Tuttomercatoweb claim that Arsenal are among several other Premier League sides who have also set their sights on the Italian talent. It is pushing the price tag higher and higher, already hitting circa €60m just a few months into his first top flight campaign. TURIN, ITALY – AUGUST 23: Alphadjo Cisse of AC Milan scores his team’s first goal during the Serie A match between Torino FC and AC Milan at Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino on August 23, 2026 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images) A product of the Hellas Verona youth academy, he was sold to Milan in February 2026 for €8.4m, but remained on loan in Serie B with Catanzaro to continue his development last season.