AC Milan have strengthened their wings this summer with the signings they have made, but there is still a major doubt that exists.
La Gazzetta dello Sport (seen below) writes how Milan have signed Samuel Chukwueze as the new starter for the right side. If the Nigerian is devastating, as Stefano Pioli hopes, Rafael Leao will find more space on the opposite wing.
From the two flanks crosses will rain down which will hopefully provide for Olivier Giroud and box runners like Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Tijjani Reijnders.
Noah Okafor also strengthens the department, but he is more of an alternative to Leao than to Giroud. There is one problem: a physical and technical deputy to the Frenchman is missing, in the centre of the area.
Lorenzo Colombo is not enough. A club of Milan’s level and ambitions must have a solid and complete back-up No.9, with the names like Gianluca Scamacca and Mehdi Taremi linked but perhaps destined to end up with rivals.
The 19-year-old Argentine Alejo Veliz was a target but he has gone to Tottenham for the same amount as Okafor. Mateo Retegui took 30 seconds to score for Genoa in the Coppa Italia – Pioli needs a penalty box tradesman like this.
I’ve been crying for Retegui whole summer. There goes Genoa and signs him for 12 millions. Peanuts.
Federico Redondo is another exciting profile for DM and could be available for less than 10 millions.
Lazio signed Rovella from Juvenuts on loan with obligation for 17 millions. Another steal.
Yeah and lazio got kamada too, inter got thuram , and scamacca scored for his now club. We have pulisic who will score lotsa goals if we can’t sign any pure striker and colombo leaves on loan. Or perhaps we must use origi as main striker rather than sit relax and eat his wage everyday 😀
Our front department has now potential to score a lot of goals combined but seems Pioli still wants an oldschool center forward in the box. In my opinion Origi is the blocking point. If he doesn’t leave, we won’t see a new striker.
If Milan can’t find one with loan option, no one will arrive.
Beats me how Retegui was not on our radar for that amount? Could have solved that striker concern and yet grow behind Giroud this season. Too bad, and he is going to be worth triple that amount if he has a good season with the Grifones.
He scored in his first match for Italy and now a brace in his first official match for Genoa. I’ve been saying this for months now. Biggest value for money on market this summer.
Mmm Now What?
They should have bought Veliz or Go buy Santiago Gimenez from Feyernoord or Gift Emmanuel Orban from KAA Gent or Really try for Jonathan David because I think he wants to leave and I don’t think he wants Saudi Arabia so try and get him too so many good option and they want Taremi wow
Okafor will be good CF. He has speed. Pioli should try him once.
Our setup and tactics makes it such that we’re not reliant on the striker to produce goals. What I like about the team is that our goals come from many outlets and not just one as opposed to say Napoli for instance. Leao had 15, Giroud 13 similar to when Binho, pato and Ibra had 14 a piece. They weren’t big numbers but our attack was deadly because we could score from many options. We just needed the one other guy to be in double digits and I think we’ll be looking good. We did have the 3rd or 4th best offense in Serie A last season. It’s wasn’t a huge problem as it seems. Us leaking goals was the problem.
I don’t understand this fascination with a traditional penalty box striker. I admit Giroud has been good, even though he shouldn’t be a starter, but before him? Andre Silva, Piatek, Higuain, Cutrone, Kalinic, Lapadula?? All trash.
Get with the times and try a different profile there, like they should have done with CDK last season and should do with Okafor this season.
In the era of tactical and fluid football Pioli is still looking for outdated kinda players, if I tell you I’m not pissed you’d have to slap me. People think some of these players ain’t good but the reality is that Pioli wants them to play in ancient way and by trying to they become trash.
I like this RLC guy in that role if we can get him…