AC Milan signed 10 players during the summer transfer window and yet there remain a couple of obvious gaps in the squad, a report claims.
As La Gazzetta dello Sport write, the centre-forward position is the most delicate one, because what is particularly delicate is a role where in recent years Milan have somehow managed to squeeze the best out of what they had internally.
Olivier Giroud has often been asked to work overtime because of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Ante Rebic and Divock Origi struggled to deputise last season, while Noah Okafor is not a true number nine and Luka Jovic is a gamble.
Mehdi Taremi was a name that Milan pursued during the summer transfer window and he is a name that in theory would remain attractive, because his deal will expire next June, though it remains more unlikely than likely given how negotiations ended.
The name of Jonathan David continues to be mentioned with increasing insistence. The Rossoneri had already inquired at the beginning of the summer, only to then give up due to the €60m asking price.
Milan actually tried when the Taremi deal fell through, but there was too little time to put together any kind of a loan deal. He seems the ideal profile: young (23), with a great goal scoring record and the possibility of improving further.
The other position is that of left-back. It was believed that Alessandro Florenzi’s flexibility and Davide Bartesaghi’s growth could be enough but the upcoming Juventus game that Theo Hernandez will be suspended for perhaps shows the need for a deputy.
The target for that particular gap is clear: Juan Miranda of Real Betis. His deal expires in June 2024, and Milan could close the deal as early as January, bringing him to Milanello straight away for a small fee. The management have already moved before the competition and seems to be on pole to land him.
Why not go in for an Italian instead of a foreigner. Besides we need to have about three to four Italians in our starting lineup.
The pool is real week and what few are out there clubs overvalue him jist cause he is italian anf they wsnt the cash
It is less cash for salary due to growth decree option for salary manoeuvre, and abroad we get more quality players.
By that strategy Milan managed to swim in positive net outcome for now.
We don’t need any Italian in starting line up (strictly speaking, according to rules), in fact no rules about the club need any Italians in the squad at all.
We need 8 homegrown players, at least 4 must be club based (spend min. 3 years at the club between 15-21 years) and max. 4 association based (spend min. 3 years at the Italian club between 15-21 years). Even if all those 8 are non Italian its not a problem. (once again, strictly speaking from rules).
So why get foreign players rather than Italian (homegrown)?
Well, Italian players pool are small and mostly not good enough, and those that’s decent will be overpriced by clubs. Then, they aren’t subject to growth decree tax so hiring players from aboard will be cheaper (from tax).
This striker is not the level ac milan want
there are good affordable italian left backs we should be looking at
Riccardo Marchizza, Matteo Ruggeri, Pasquale Mazzocchi, Antonino Gallo
we could have got Califiori in the summer and we could have gone for Parisi, both would have been good back up for Theo.
people keep on making excuses saying italians are not good enough, too expensive, growth decree etc…all the examples above are affordable.
We are an italian club and we need italians to give us our identity. without identity what are we, internazionale !!!