Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri has been won over by Lucas Piazon.
The Brazilian midfielder spent last season on-loan at Fulham and was expected to be offloaded by the Blues this summer.
But Piazon remains at Stamford Bridge and it's emerged he has impressed Sarri in preseason.
TMW says AC Milan have asked Chelsea about taking Piazon on-loan as part of the deal involving Tiemoue Bakayoko, but the enquiry was rejected.
Chelsea boss Sarri blocked the approach, insisting he wants to keep Piazon with his squad this new season.