Sampdoria will sound out AC Milan in the coming days for Andriy Shevchenko.

Sportmediaset says Samp chief Beppe Marotta will move for Shevchenko at the beginning of the week about a six-month loan.

The Ukraine international is well down the pecking order at Milan since arriving from Chelsea and would join Samp as a first-choice strike-partner for Antonio Cassano.

If Sheva was to arrive in Genoa, Samp will allow Emiliano Bonazzoli to join Reggina.