AC Milan parted ways with Pierre Kalulu in the summer, and whilst it is a loan deal, there is a buy-clause within it, and Juventus are expected to activate it. However, Fabio Capello has suggested this might not be a terrible thing.
There were several hypotheses tested with Kalulu in the summer when Paulo Fonesca arrived. Kalulu spent time training as a right-back, and his performances halted the club’s pursuit of Emerson Royal – a decision which has been referred to since.
When Strahinja Pavlovic joined, the defence became bloated, and with Zlatan Ibrahimovic preferring to take a risk on the new signing, it made sense to part ways with the Frenchman. However, this decision has been questioned.
Today, Capello spoke of Kalulu’s performance against RB Leipzig in the Champions League and brought forward a new perspective on the move, and his words have been relayed by Milan News.
“Two words to close, however, Kalulu deserves them: is it possible Milan didn’t need a defender like that? Sometimes the market has logic that I don’t understand. And so I rely on the field, where the Frenchman is showing he is one for Juve.”
At the time, the Diavolo may not have needed Kalulu, but the Frenchman is now shining in Turin, and a €14 million buy clause seems a steal.
Frenchie has been injured off and on for two seasons at Milan. It isn’t improbable to think management had little faith in his being bale to stay fit.
Of course everyone knows best in retrospect. As long as he stays fit this will have been a bad move. But Kalulu is one injury away from this being a good piece of business.
This is exactly right. If he got injured the 2nd match in, everyone would say how brilliant the move was.
If he gets injured next match, they’ll say the same thing.
You make decisions at a moment in time based on the information you have. They did gamble a bit that he might not be able to stay fit. So far, it looks like he is, but that could change quickly.
Most people can’t understand this, and judge decisions based on immediate outcomes, not the long term implication / risk. Sort of like the pandemic / vaccine fiasco.
Exactly this.
Bennacer is a perfect example for being injury prone and unreliable.
People were losing their mind when there were reports that Bennacer is going to be sold, they rejoiced because he stayed and 2 weeks later Bennacer got injured as he usually does.
I’m sorry but I have had to refute these lies over and
over through the summer.
Kalulu is NOT injury prone
Serie A 23/24 – Injured and reinjured after being rushed back because of an injury crisis played 9 league matches
22/23 played 34 league matches
21/22 played 28 league matches – vital part of league winning team
20/21 played 13 league matches – he was a young guy breaking into the team
Stop defending these goons with lies.
He is a class player
Sadly he was probably Moncadas greatest pick ever!
“injured off and on for two seasons”
34 LEAGUE GAMES THE SEASON BEFORE LAST
LIES
FYI THERE ARE 38 LEAGUE GAMES IN A SEASON
#LIES
Emerson is exactly what we were missing. Perfectly completes this dysfunctional bunch called a team👌
Emerson is definitely not what we need and I understand your sarcasm but Kalulu wasn’t the answer either. If that was the case he would’ve been the starter ahead of Calabria and that wasn’t the case even when he was fit.
Therefore he couldn’t displace Calabria and Florenzi for the Right Back position and we even had Sergio Dest at RB and he was horrible but he started ahead of Kalulu.
I don’t regret losing Kalulu. I regret that we didn’t keep Kessie and Tonali together and sell Krunic and Bennacer instead.
yeah the perfect rb makes no mistake
We got him out, he is now a juve player, why dwell on that, if he was that good, or more so if he was that good for US we would have kept him, his time was up and we moved on byeeee
Let him go , let him go its time to move on.