Noah Okafor has seemingly been heading away from AC Milan this January, but it could be possible that he remains due to Sergio Conceicao.
It has been a fantastic start to life in Milan for Conceicao. The Portuguese head coach has already won the Supercoppa, and to many, it could be the start of a return to something special. However, the coach just wants to focus on one thing at a time, rather than getting carried away by two games.
Part of the reason why so many people have bought into the coach is to do with his mannerisms. However, there has also been an admiration for how the win in Riyadh came about. The Rossoneri, despite having several injuries to deal with, looked superb in large parts, and with a larger squad, there is hope.
In a short space of time, the coach managed to change the situation of Theo Hernandez, and the squad generally looked to have more desire. So a transformation could occur, and that is true for everyone, not just the squad in Saudi Arabia.
As Calciomercato.com writes, despite not travelling to Saudi, Noah Okafor is a player of interest for the new coach. In fact, the Portuguese wants to talk to the attacker to see what the future holds, and whether there is a possibility of working together.
This, of course, happens with RB Leipzig being persistent about a possible deal – the German club are looking at a loan agreement with a buy clause inserted, with contact still ongoing. Nothing will happen until Conceicao has had a chance to speak to the winger, though.
he is naturally a ST/CF, we forced to become LW…
Milan did the same thing with De Ketelaere, playing him in the midfield when the guy plays more attacking. Now he is is a bombastic player in Atalanta unfortunately
The right thing to do is keep him , enhance him, and give him confidence, the person that should be sold should be Chukwueze, Okafor is stronger, more versatile , tactically and technically better, both Concecieo and the club need to be smart, even Jovic should be enhanced, right now finding players with their strength, quality and tactical attributes will be hard, it would cost at least 50 million, the club also needs to look at Beto of Everton, he would be cheap, has everything we need, let’s loan him and see how it works, then if it goes well, we buy him at get rid of Morata.
Milan have all the possibilities to sign Beto while at undinese before he went to Everton. Now England club will request for double the price they buy him
Okafor can be used as one of two strikers if conceicao wants to experiment with 442.
But 442 will cause problem for leao because he can’t play as striker, or maybe he can under conceicao? Who knows
Lego can adapt and play as a striker, pair him with Abraham, they have chemistry, then Okafor and Jovic should be the other pairing, they are both strong, technically good and have an eye for goal
With this coach and formation and style of playing with 2 strikers I think this where jovic will ve useful. Morata drop out of the box and that can be said bout Tammy but jovic is more of a box 18 striker if he can be enhanced
Okafor, Jovic, Abraham, would all be more effective with a strike partner. They all scored when we had more players in the box.