Samuele Ricci received a lot of praise from Max Allegri during today’s press conference, with the AC Milan coach highlighting just how much the midfielder has grown since his arrival.
Despite what was an impressive pre-season, Ricci hasn’t played that much for Milan since the league campaign began. He started in the Coppa Italia clash against Bari but then, he lost his spot to Luka Modric, playing just 14 minutes in the league so far.
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Clearly, it’s not what the midfielder expected a few weeks back and not what the fans expected either. During today’s press conference, Allegri was asked about the situation and whether he could field Ricci as a mezz’ala instead, allowing him to co-exist with Modric.
“I’m very happy with Samuele because he has grown since he arrived. He’s changing physically, his legs are stronger, more beautiful, like a top player. He’s an intelligent player, very good tactically. He’s growing tactically, physically, and technically. It has to be the same path for everyone.
“We have players with international experience like Rabiot, Pulisic, Modric, Tomori, Loftus, and Fofana. Then there are players with less experience but excellent qualities: we have to work every day to give them confidence. And Ricci is doing very well, I’m happy,” he stated.
As you can tell, Allegri had a lot of praise for the former Torino man, so it seems to be just a matter of time before we see him more on the pitch. Youssouf Fofana hasn’t exactly done brilliantly so far this season, so that could perhaps be the opening for Ricci.
his legs are stronger, more beautiful,
Looks like Max is a bit of a legman
Milan loves to buy expensive new players to put them on display in the bench
Hardly the club’s fault when the coach prefers a 40 year old and a 31 year old. If anything, blame them for hiring Allegri. We should have taken Maresca in 2024 or Farioli this summer. Instead we went with Lord Park the Bus. This comes with conditions, such as playing with three center backs, using bunch of central midfielders throughout, and preferring “experienced players”. At least it wasn’t another random hire a la Fonseca.
Lord Park the Bus hahahaha 🤣
Who can forget the classic 3 DMs and a fullback as an attacker. Classic Max
Very rational response from Allegri. Ricci will play a lot. The season is long and there are plenty of opportunities for all. Milan will win with a strong squad, not a strong starting 11.
We said it back then with his obsession with Alessandro Matri, he likes legs.