AC Milan are intensifying contact with Ajax striker Luis Suarez.

Uruguayan sources say Milan have held a new round of talks with the Dutch club and Suarez's minders about a January move.

Milan had scouts follow Suarez during international week in South America and Ajax chiefs have publicly declared they would be prepared to sell in midseason for the right price.

Suarez is viewed at Milan as a direct replacement for Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, who has failed to settle since his summer arrival from Real Madrid.