Some might say that Paulo Fonseca laid down the gauntlet when he said that AC Milan are aiming for the Scudetto this season, but a report has highlighted that there are legitimate reasons to believe.
Just over one week from the start of the season, La Gazzetta dello Sport ask various questions. Who will win the title? Do Inter still have a large advantage over its competitors? Who are their most accredited rivals?
Milan are arguably the ones who have responded, or more specifically Fonseca. The results and performances in preseason have been positive, and while competitive games are a very different thing there are reasons to suggest that the second star is a concrete aim.
We must wait for the mercato to be concluded but Milan have already made the two indispensable, necessary moves. They replaced Olivier Giroud with Alvaro Morata, who crowned champion of Europe last month and brings a lot of experience.
Morata is not a goalscorer in the full and classic sense of the word, but as shown with Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams he can bring others into the game, something that Fonseca would like to replicate with Pulisic and Leao. Of course, another piece is needed in attack and a deputy is being sought.
Milan conceded more goals than almost every other top half side last season including the likes of Inter, Juventus Atalanta, Bologna, Roma, Lazio, Napoli, Fiorentina, Torino and Genoa. To give you an idea, the Rossoneri conceded just five goals less than Empoli, fourth from last.
To overcome this very obvious problem, they signed Pavlovic who can be considered a ‘perfect reinforcement’. He is very strong from a physical point of view and ‘unbeatable in the air’, as well as being left-footed.
With him and with Maignan, Calabria, Tomori and Theo Hernandez, it is now difficult not to consider the Rossoneri defence among the best in the league, if there are no more injury crises of course. Now, of course, they need to welcome Emerson Royal and another midfielder.
We won the league after finishing second the year before and every team that’s won it recently has tanked the following year. Just sayin’…
According to your logic Milan will win the Scudetto right? With no DMs and Pioli ball 2.0.
And which 2 players would you say are on the same level are Nico Williams and Yamal in Milan? I see the cardenale propaganda is working well.
You have zero logic troll.
This comment is embarrassing.
And the winner of dumbest comment of the week goes to….
In all my years of reading comments have never seen one so dumb
Well I guess you’re being Frank 🥁
Hahaha! I frankly love what you did there.
Do you really think Barca would buy Williams, if they could buy Leao for the same price? Intereting : /
cheering against Milan must be so much fun you closet Inter fan
Our true problem last season was no real DM coverage, so the defense suffered and was often overrun. Scoring goals wasn’t an issue for us, and won’t be this season either especially with Morata helping.
Defense with Pavlo will be arguably better as well. Good Luck to Emerson on the RB.
So again, we’re back to question marks in the midfield. That’s what needs to be sorted out before we run out of time.
Injuries killed us too – let’s hope they sort that out this season.
Why do we trust Tomori that consistently makes mistakes so much that we consider him unsellable and irreplaceable?
If Yacine can be written off for the mistakes he make, I see no reason why we shouldn’t consider Gabbia & Pavlovic in the central defense
We know our problem since kessie and Tonali left , Dm should have been first position to treat and seal rather than putting in as a last option.. I fear we dont miss out on Fofana