Report: AC Milan Target Monaco Star Radamel Falcao in Andre Silva Swap Deal

AC Milan are reportedly eyeing a summer move for Monaco forward Radamel Falcao and are prepared to offer Andre Silva in a swap deal.

The attacking pair share the same agent, Jorge Mendes, who is already working on an arrangement that would see Falcao move from Monaco to Milan with Silva going the other way, per Tuttosport (via Calciomercato).

Milan only signed Silva, 22, from Porto for €38 million last summer, but he has yet to really find his feet at the San Siro, netting just two Serie A goals in 902 minutes of action in 2017-18.

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The 32-year-old Falcao, meanwhile, has enjoyed excellent form in his two seasons back at Monaco following a pair of nightmare loan spells at Manchester United and Chelsea.

Since returning to the Stade Louis II ahead of the 2016-17 season, he has won a Ligue 1 title and netted 39 goals in 54 games in the French top flight.

That is a fine return—especially when compared to Silva's, per Sacha Pisani of Omnisport—and it is not a surprise he has caught Milan's eye:

The Rossoneri have quite a serious goalscoring problem at the moment—not one of their players has reached double figures for the 2017-18 Serie A campaign—and they need to add a prolific striker to their squad if they are to have any chance of returning to the UEFA Champions League any time soon.

However, Falcao would only be a short-term solution at best.

The peak years of his career are undoubtedly in the past, and the Colombia international's paltry return of five goals in 36 appearances during his two seasons in the Premier League may concern some at Milan about his ability to adapt to Serie A.

Offloading Silva after just one season at the club would also show a lack of future planning. 

Falcao is an experienced operator who could add more than just goals to Milan's squad, but he is not the ultimate solution to their attacking problems.