AC Milan have been the most active team in Italy when it comes to transfers, and that has made it a busy first summer for Giorgio Furlani and Geoffrey Moncada.
Today’s edition of Corriere della Sera (via PianetaMilan) talks about Paolo Maldini’s farewell which gave Milan a new organisational structure in which Furlani – the CEO – got more powers as did chief scout Moncada.
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Now the focus is on collective work, different from that of the previous management and based more on numbers. The so-called ‘Moneyball’ system.
This means that when Milan buy a player, they are looking at various characteristics, not including nationality. Milan have not chosen to buy less Italian players (only deputy goalkeeper Marco Sportiello arrived this summer), but the ‘international’ window isa product of parameters and priorities.
Looking at Loftus-Cheek and Pulisic from Chelsea, from Villarreal Chukwueze came, from Valencia Musah, from AZ Alkmaar Reijnders and from Salzburg Okafor. The vision is broad and also includes cost containment, which is why Tonali’s departure also arrived.
Don’t forget marketing and resale values. With Pulišić, his jerseys represented 45% of all shirts sold since the announcement and American buyers represented 43% of all sales (up from 9%) since the announcement.
All of the players they bought (expect maybe RLC). Have high potential to increase their value and thus be sold for high profit in the future.