Serie A club pursuing £4.5m Lennon Miller transfer
Herald Sports understands the two clubs have held fresh discussions with Motherwell in line for a club record sale exceeding the £3.25million secured from Celtic for David Turnbull.
Fir Park manager Jens Berthel Askou made a late call to omit the midfielder from the squad which played out a goalless draw against St Mirren in the SPFL Premiership on Saturday.
Heading into the final 12 months of his contract Miller has missed the start of the season with an injury sustined in a pre-season friendly against Carlisle.
And, despite links with Bologna, Torino and Fiorentina, Udinese, 12th place finishers in Serie A last season, hope to conclude an agreement this week.
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Admitting there were moves afoot after months of speculation Motherwell boss Askou said of Miller's weekend omission: 'It was a final call with everything taken into consideration. It's not a secret that there are things going on in the background. We know he's been out for four weeks.
"How much risk are you willing to take on a player like him in that situation? The decision was that we kept him out of it."
Miller is set to become the latest player to join the growing posse of Scots in Serie A.
Scott McTominay and Billy Gilmour won the championship with Napoli last season while Lewis Ferguson captained Bologna to the Italian Cup.
Scotland striker Che Adams plays for Torino, Josh Doig is with Sassuolo and former Celtic midfielder Liam Henderson is with Empoli.
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