AC Milan’s attack has struggled to fire consistently and the choices made on the transfer market are being called into question.
As Calciomercato.com report, Milan have seven forwards in their squad who have combined for 26 goals in 27 rounds of action, with Oliver Giroud on 8 goals, Rafael Leao on the same, Brahim Díaz 4, Ante Rebic 3, Divock Origi 2, Zlatan Ibrahimovic 1 and Charles De Ketelaere.
Milan are struggling enormously to score goals in a way their rivals do not seem to be, even though it was problem that was already evident last season but went unnoticed thanks to the Scudetto win.
The title win was almost an exception to the rule considering that all champions have generally always had a 20 plus goal scorer, like Victor Osimhen is at Napoli.
Signing Origi on a free transfer and hoping he could fix the attacking deficiencies was naive because he has not hit double figures in goals for a few seasons now. The decision to go all-in on De Ketelaere by spending 90% of the budget didn’t bring the desired results because age doesn’t make discounts even for absolute champions.
In a few months the Rossoneri management will have the opportunity to try and fix things by making an investment in a centre-forward who can guarantee goals, with Folarin Balogun of Arsenal (on loan at Reims) and Mateo Retegui of Boca Juniors (on loan at Tigre) in the viewfinder.
