Strahinja Pavlovic will not be leaving AC Milan in the direction of Turkey as he has turned down a move to Fenerbahce, reports claim.
According to what is being reported by Matteo Moretto of Relevo, Fenerbahçe have closed the signing of Milan Škriniar of Paris Saint-Germain. The Slovakian defender is expected in Turkey in the next few hours to undergo medical tests and sign his contract, a picture from Yağız Sabuncuoğlu confirmed.
The Istanbul club turned to the former Inter defender because Pavlović said no to them, despite the negotiations between Fenerbahçe and Milan being positive and the deal potentially being worth over €20m.
Pavlovic will play almost out of necessity at centre-back tonight against Girona, because the absences of Malick Thiaw and Fikayo Tomori have forced Conceiçao’s hand. In yesterday’s press conference, the Portuguese coach didn’t seem too convinced by the idea.
“Pavlovic is available to the group. It’s not his fault if he hasn’t played yet, he trained well, also with incredible desire: sometimes however he comes out of position and I don’t like that much. We have two central defenders but I can also put a midfielder to play in that position,” he said.
Thus, there is the rather bizarre situation where the 23-year-old could have been on his way to Turkey after a San Siro farewell tonight, but now looks set to remain and tonight could be an audition of sorts.
Oh good, Origi 2.0
He is no way on the level of Origi. That’s crazy. He has played decent and should be given time to adjust properly
“decent” – depends on perspective
You looking real foolish buddy
Great news!
He’s being treated unfairly in my opinion. He started off as our best defender and made some silly mistakes but also some great last ditch tackles and goal line clearances. Which cb hasn’t made a mistake because gabbia aside, all have been poor in their moments.
I’m surprised a guy like conceicao doesn’t like a guy with pavlovic s traits. Hes a bruiser and will do anything
Yes, he is still young
Good and I don’t blame him one bit for not wanting to be moved on like cattle. Give him time to adjust to a new league and surrounding and become a bit more tactical astute and we will have a great cb in our team for years to come.
Yeah, it’s a bit crazy. I guess the lesson from CDK was not “give them more time” but “move them out faster”. 🤦🤦🤦
Yeah there seems to to be something inherently wrong with the mindsets and methods of those at the helm at the club.
Indeed! – I would hope for a clear out of the top line in the summer..
Same here.
Totally agreed. Well said
Thanks.
Yes. Wait til he starts feeling more confident. He made some key recoveries tonight. He’s good in the air, too. That’s a nice addition.
Good. I have high hopes for him. Has all the tools to be a great defender, just needs a little time to learn. Same way Thiaw did.
Don’t sign young players if you are not going to give them time to develop.
He plays as a headless chicken! He would be good in a midtable team in england to brawl and fight.
His passing and technique i bad, tacticaly and orientation level is zero.
Can he become better? Maybe yes maybe no.
😂 we are screwed
Keep him. He is young and need play time. Get Rid off E Royal.
The only matter in Cardinale is money.
The management should bring in some of these players while the opportunity is still there, for example:
1.Agustin Ruberto(ST)
2.Stefanos Tzimas(ST)
3.Willem Geubbels(ST)
4.Eli Junior Kroupi(ST)
5.Sebastiano Esposito(ST)
6.Paul Wanner(AM)
7.Sverre Nypan(AM & CM)
8.Salvatore Esposito(CM)
9.Arthur Vermeeren(DM)
10.Chris Rigg(CM)
11.Petar Sucic(DM)
12.Gasiorowski(CB)
13.Tah(CB)
14.Boscagli(CB)
15.Kostoulas Charalampos(ST)
16.Rayan Ait Nouri(LB)
17.Hartman(LB)
18.Lucas Digne(LB)
19.Adrien Truffert(LB)
20.Juanlu Sanchez(RB)
21.Hector Fort(RB)
22.Simon Adingra(LW & RW)
23.Edon Zhegrova(RW)
24.Jhon Arias(RW & AM)
25.Marco Asensio(RW,AM)
26.Yunus Akgun(LW,AM & RW)
27.Musa Barrow(LW & ST)
28.Brian Rodriguez(LW,RW & ST)
29.Emre Can(DM)
30.Amadou Haidara(CM &DM)
31.Hidemasa Morita(CM & DM)
32.Alvyn Sanches(CM,AM & ST)
33.Mahdi Camara(CM & DM)
34.Frank Anguissa(DM)
35.Jack Mcglynn(CM)
36.Christian Ordonez(CM & DM)
Those list shows all players whose contracts are set to expire in 2025 to 2026…🙂
Curious what Pavlo does with his minutes tonight. hope he makes a case for himself.
Škriniar was available?! Now that would have been an (unrealistic) upgrade
I’m convinced that with game time and patience, we can find a player in Pavlovic. Time and again we give opportunities to players who barely even deserve it (Emerson Royal) and we keep young potential gems at bay and then are quick to ship them off to realize the huge mistakes we made in doing so. I can name so many players just from the last year alone who are thriving right now. Let Pavlovic have enough opportunities first and after a full season and a half of playing in a new league make our conclusions be known. That is my take on it
“sometimes however he comes out of position and I don’t like that much.” – has Conceciao seen Tomori play? He steps out of position all the time. Tomori out.
I’ll give him some time, but too be honest, i haven’t been convinced. I saw him first at the Euros playing left back, didn’t give me good impression and especially against England and Saka. Speed is where he will get beaten. There have been some some glimpses and the header (was it Lazio, don’t remember). But other than that, he often out of position, clumsy (tackles) with and without the ball, getting bullied physically and that’s what surprise me a lot.
The games he plays for his country and can’t say much, a couple of red cards and having Serbian friend who are irritated by Pavlovic
To be fair I believe amongst all our players Pavlovic is the 2nd or 3rd best players in how fast they have run this season as I recently checked our players top speeds, so speed isn’t really his issue according to stats.
Players like Pavlovic, Emerson Royale, Morata are big joke in AC Milan. Calabria is much better than the Brazilian wallybrain. Pavlovic thinks he’s good, but he’s not and Morata is just convinsing. Scoring power is just way too low. Sell them all and bring a good striker !!!