There is a lot of speculation suggesting that AC Milan are trying hard to sign Davide Frattesi from Sassuolo as ‘Operation Replace Tonali’ kicks into gear.
According to the latest from Sky, the first contacts between the CEO of Milan Giorgio Furlani and his Sassuolo counterpart Giovanni Carnevali for Frattesi took place today, with a battle against Inter now underway.
That follows a report from La Gazzetta dello Sport this morning which stated that a battle has broken out between Milan and Inter over the signing of the 23-year-old Italian midfielder.
The paper (seen below) hypothesise how Milan could look without Tonali and with some targets arriving. They foresee a switch to a 4-3-3 with Frattesi as the right-sided central midfielder, then the possibility of Chukwueze and Thuram or Lukaku in the attacking department.
Potential Milan XI with Frattesi: Maignan; Calabria, Thiaw, Tomori, Theo Hernandez; Frattesi, Krunic Pobega; Saelemaekers (Chukwueze), Giroud (Thuram, Lukaku), Leao.
Lukaku. 😀 😀 😀
Rubbish formation wat is pobega doing there
Bennacer it’s injured till end of the year, they didn’t found kamada as his legal process it’s still pending and for some reason they didn’t count neither of the 3 midfielders from the Dutch league that we are looking at (hopefully we get sangare)
That midfield looks extremely functional and can definitely deal a lot of damage with Pioli type football. However with such a lineup the right wing needs a really decisive, creating and dominant player and we should spend a lot of money there.
That midfield looks extremely weak*
It looks like Torino midfield or Verona.
weak? have you seen Krunić play this season?
I know the dude is not a famous player but he really stepped up. Plus when bennacer comes back he is taking over..
c’mon Oliver!!!
We all know Lukaku is not coming, we are not switching to 4-3-3 and Pobega is not going to be a starter. so this article is just nonsense
With 4 3 3, Milan couldn’t win anything.
If Krunic has a spot in the first team no one can tell that the transfer window was a success. Doesn’t matter who else they sign, Krunic is a great backup that can cover a bunch of position. Yes, he was good in build up play against teams playing high pressure, he still is. That is it. He isn’t a DM, can’t be.
And can’t be a Milan starter. That should just be clear.
Please, stop talking about Lukaku.
…and which coach will be effecting that change ? Or Milan got a new coach I didn’t hear of.
Midtable lineup that.
Pioli won’t use 433. And obviously we can cross off Frattesi and Thuram from that list.