AC Milan will first look to invest in a new centre-forward and then they will turn to reinforcing the midfield department, according to a report.
Calciomercato.com talk about Milan’s strategy in view of the summer window, stating that the priority will be to sign a young striker to give Olivier Giroud some help, then to reinforce the positions up the middle.
Paolo Maldini and Ricky Massara are in ongoing negotiations to sign Daichi Kamada on a free transfer, with the Japan international set to leave Eintracht Frankfurt when his contract expires.
Milan remain admirers of Marco Asensio whose deal is expiring with Real Madrid, while Ruben Loftus-Cheek – under contract with Chelsea until 2024 – is also a target that is on their wish list.
In the background there is also a track that leads to Seko Fofana. The former Udinese man is a key player at RC Lens who have just secured Champions League qualification, but he has a €25m release clause.
The manoeuvres have begun and it is clear there is a desire to get stronger up the middle, even if Stefano Pioli downplayed the idea of big changes in his press conference yesterday.
“The midfield is not a department that decides on numbers and decides on a final result. If we all work as a team together in a certain way everyone benefits. It is played in 11 because a collective game is not a question of individuals or departments,” he said.
Win forth position and sell Rebic Origi Ballo Toure Adli Messias Florenzi for combined 40 million, and spend 75 million for 5-6 good reinforcement for attack and midfield.
“The midfield is not a department that decides on numbers and decides on a final result. If we all work as a team together in a certain way everyone benefits. It is played in 11 because a collective game is not a question of individuals or departments,” he said.”
Did he actually say this?
The hell is he talking about?
What absolute drivel. Asensio is going to PSG, €25 million for Fofana is madness. Kamada is only likely because he’s free. Most of these rumours are nonsense, but if M&M screw up the mercato again, they’ll be fired. We have the biggest budget in Serie A, I know that’s not saying much, but there’s enough money to strengthen if the money is invested wisely, this obsession with Ligue 1 players has to stop. Sign from Serie A and sign Italian.
Am not sure Pioli knows what he is talking about. We need a strong defence midfielder. Tonali and Krunic are not reliable. Today they play nice ,tomorrow they make blunder over blunder. Look at what Anguisa is playing in Napoli. Pioli should not deceive himself ! At all cost , we need first-eleven triker, right winger and a defence midfielder.
If we need a right winger then we should go back to Angelo Gabriel.
Seko Fofana are we signing him as a defensive midfield the fact is that the management are not helping issues at all tomorrow the fans we start blaming the coach forget that is the management fault Pioli is a Good coach from my evaluations the management need at least 3 strong attacking midfielders and for a defensive midfield for about central midfielder sickness then a right and left wingers then a left back Acmilan should just wake up and stop deceiving their self this is not normal the Milan management and the scout representative I’m highly Disappointed look at what happened to us last season still yet we don’t want to learn lessons. This is rubbish
and none of them from italy…
we need some Italian spirit in the team, e.g. Parisi LB cover, Scalvini as CB option, Baldanzi ACM, Orsolini RW, Miretti CM…..all young/passionate and importantly Italian which is what we are missing
Why should we prioritize Italian garbage players instead of going for quality. Prioritizing Italians toward Berlusconi era rendered Milan to an average team
Maldini is waiting for Retegui to go to Premier league and then he starts to chase him. Let’s break the boundaries and bring good players from South American leagues. (Retegui, Angelo Gabriel). We need a quality centre forward. Old Giroud might fade soon.
Good talk bro
Plz more volume
Swap CDK with atalanta player like Rasmuss or Scalvini . Sign SMS max 35m euro ( skip if above 35m euro) , Sign Kamada for CDK replacement , sign fofana 25m euro and pair him with tonali or bennacer) . With this we already use 60m euro ( i assume we get 50m euro + sale player like Rebic,BLT,Junior,Origi total 20m euro ) . Get loan player for striker,RW,RB. Striker available on loan are scamacca,hugo eiki,balogun . Promote chaka traore for Rebic replacement. Sell Tomori if you success swap CDK with scalvini , if not then loan CDK to monza . With this we can fix midfield especially DMF ( krunic compete with fofana, tonali compete with bennacer) . For AmF Kamada compete with SMS. Yes we still weak on RW & RB if not getting good player on loan ( we have no cash budget anymore if follow this path )
Good point. The best right back we can sign or bring on loan is Guga from Atletico mineiro . There’s no Quality RB in Europe right now who belongs to the class of Danny Alves. Check him out.
Good point bro. The best right back we can sign or bring on loan is Guga from Atletico mineiro. There’s no quality RB in Europe right now who belongs to the class of Danny Alves. Check him out .
Anyone thinks calabria is not good enough for milan? Look at the goal contribution napoli and inter get from the right wing. Our whole right flank is useless.
Gents – let’s wake up and face reality. The likelihood of us signing more than one of these players (except for Kamada) is extremely unlikely and will NOT happen. Need to stop dreaming. Will say it over and over again. Redbird/Elliot (like all hedge funds) are about profit first and foremost. We are not paying Asenio 6M plus agent commissions LOL. We are not signing SMS. Lazio want 50-60M and they will not offer a discount and he will likely command 6-8M season (if not more) and EPL teams will gladly pay him that and we will not – so next. RLC – is possible if it’s like 20M but I am sure we will get outbid for that as well. Fofana is likely not as he is more expensive and is older player and we are not paying 30M for a 28 year old lol. Redbird will not allow M&M to spend this much on any aging player that they cannot get a return on their investment on a resale. Wake up lads. Do you not see what Redbirds policy is? Wage caps, youth on cheap salaries and limited transfer spending. That is all. Stop dreaming. At best we will get Kamada, Arnatouvic, RLC and Openda. Average. but not enough to make us Elite and challenge for CL. We will be fighting again for you 4 and in a season or two will sell Theo, Mike and Leao – and the cycle will start over. And this is somehow M&M’s fault??? LOLOLOLO. Redbird have no intention of making us a powerhouse team. If they did we would be speaking of established consistent players for striker, RW, that will guarantee us goals. Instead we are talking about free transfers (Kamada) players with potential but still unproven – Openda) or players with injury history (RLC) or who have failed to meet expectations or past their prime and cheap (Arnautovic) – all bargin signings. This is the Redbird/Elliot way. Get used to it and stop dreaming
Even from the pure investment perspective, signing Assensio makes sense – even with a high salary & agent fee – you can still sell him in 2-3 years if really needed, and not to mention how much it improves the team.
if we can get him + Scamacca (on loan+buy) at least our first 11 gonna be much more competitive