Massimiliano Allegri was asked about who will replace Luka Modric in midfield against Fiorentina, and if you read between the lines, there seems to be a current favourite.
After starting every single game in the league so far (!), Modric is finally set to get some rest. As confirmed by Allegri during his pre-match presser for Fiorentina-Milan, it’s very unlikely that the Croatian will feature tomorrow, even if he will be on the bench.
In other words, someone else will start in the central midfield role for the first time in the league this season. Naturally, the journalists asked the manager about who will start in place of Modric, and there seems to be a favourite.
Who will replace Modric tomorrow?
“Ricci and Jashari are two excellent players. Ricci has played almost 1,000 minutes and is very reliable. I’m very happy. We now have four games back-to-back, so perhaps there will be more changes.
“When you play one game a week, it’s difficult to replace starters. Jashari will have a bright future, Ricci has made himself very useful. I don’t know who will play tomorrow, or maybe they will both play,” he stated.
Based on the above and the reports from this morning, Ricci is the favourite to start in midfield instead of the veteran. He has often come off the bench as a mezz’ala, so it will be very interesting to see him in his true role.
How about we give the $40M man a chance? Jashari has looked decent to good every chance we’ve given him so far. Play both Ricci and Jashari please.
They might still be bringing him back to fitness. It’d be a shame to see him go down with a muscle strain. Hopefully he does start getting more minutes. I’d like to see him eventually start over Fofana/rlc
Jashari & Ricci as a midfield 2. RLC further forward like Pioli played him.
Greg what will do with Salad?? Who will play RB?? and who will be our 2 CB’s?? Will we be solid at the back ,like in 352?? Formation does not matter much, its all about tactics and how u want your players move, with or without the ball….closing spaces fast and how to block chances against us and knowing how to create space when attacking !