Ruben Loftus-Cheek arrived at Milan at the end of June and the Englishman has been an important player for the Rossoneri so far. However, the management also considered signing Daichi Kamada instead.
Following the sacking of Paolo Maldini and Ricky Massara, the negotiations for Loftus-Cheek and Kamada were both put on hold. The new management then decided to only complete one of the operations, weighing the pros and cons of the two.
As reported by Calciomercato.com, Milan eventually dropped the pursuit of Kamada to sign Loftus-Cheek as they felt he would fit the 4-3-3 system better. They were certainly right as the 27-year-old has had a very good start to the season. A sliding doors moment for the Rossoneri, in other words.
However, as the report concludes, not even the management and Stefano Pioli expected the player to do so well so quickly. Against Roma last night, he was the MOTM as per Gazzetta Dello Sport and his role as the box-to-box midfielder has been a success so far.
Milan paid just €15m plus bonuses for the player, per the report, and that’s looking like a bargain.
