Paulo Fonseca has, today, offered an update on the AC Milan squad ahead of the January mercato, and some may want to look away.
Milan’s season so far has been a mixed bag. On several occasions, the Rossoneri have looked lacklustre, but there have been occasions of brilliance.
Against Inter and Real Madrid, the Diavolo looked fantastic, both for different reasons, but there is a lack of consistency.
Perhaps, due to a lack of rotation within the squad. Therefore, it could be argued that with investment, improvement could occur.
Nevertheless, it seems that investment with be little, if at all in the January mercato, with Paulo Fonseca believing the squad is in a good place.
In his pre-Juventus press conference, he spoke about the level of the squad and the potential investments in January.
Do you think there is a need for a back-up to Fofana and a deputy to Theo? Will there be movement in January?
“I think we have the solutions here. With Bennacer, there is not much time left until he returns. He can and must fill Fofana’s position. This week I was talking to my staff about this: what solution can we have if Fofana has a problem? Loftus can be a solution, Musah can be a solution. They are adapted, but they can do it until Bennacer returns.
“It is true that Theo is the only left-back. I must say that I have faith in Bartesaghi, he can be a player who can help the team. We have not had the time to have Bartesaghi with us, but he is a player I like a lot. I think he can play with us if Theo Hernandez is not there.
“It is also more difficult for Camarda to play in Milan Futuro, it is a different context. Bartesaghi, Camarda and Zeroli have less difficulty with us than in Serie C. Here they have more space and the physical game is the same as in Serie C.
“This January transfer market in Italy is not easy: it is not easy for players to arrive and adapt. For me Bennacer can be an alternative important to Fofana.”
Of course, it could be suggested that he is saying this to keep morale up within the squad. However, it will lead to questions if gaps become wider between now and the end of the season, without investment.
Bennacer will be like a new transfer when he comes … I really like the way he plays
The truth is if the management is courageous enough, the best thing to do is permanently promote from within, we already have very good young players in the Futuro team,Coubis, Barthesaghi Alessio, Vos, and Zeroli could be promoted permanently, but it depends on the courage of the club and Coach
I think you are too optimistic regarding the Futuro players. They are in relegation zone in Serie C. What makes you think they will do well in Serie A? They just lost 4-1 their last match, and Bartesaghi, whom you are praising, scored an own goal.
even with Bennacer you need a midfielder or 2…
RLC isn’t a midfielder, Musah hasn’t shown much being in double pivot (at least during the games), so you have only 3 players (Tiji, Fofana, Bennacer) ready to take that role (+Musah and Zeroli as subs). Pulisic is also stretched between CAM and RW, so we either need a CAM or RW.
starting to see why Cardinale wanted Fonseca, cheap coach, doesn’t ask for anything…
Again, Bartesaghi is good but either promote him or get Parisi until Davide develops… Jimenez and Terraciano also suffer for being in this limbo, better loan them in winter ngl…
Dude says he has faith in bartesagi. Kid played 6 minutes.
And theo has been absent a lot this season already.
Words and actions are not in the same line…
Bs after bs from this people
If they dont buy Parisi in january they need to promote Bartesaghi now and give him 1st team minutes so hes ready if Theo is injured, or fatigued.