AC Milan head coach Paulo Fonseca surprised some when he spoke so highly of Alexis Saelemaekers following a couple of good friendly performances, and now he looks more likely to stay.
Saelemaekers was one of the best on the pitch in the match against Rapid Wien and he kept those positive signs going against Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City, getting an assist and creating plenty with his dribbles.
As La Gazzetta dello Sport (seen below) recall, the Belgian first seemed destined to be permanently signed by Bologna who had an option to buy, and then when he returned to Milanello the feeling was that he would be sold to another club.
However, now he ‘will not leave’ and this was confirmed by Fonseca himself, impressed not only by the assist for Marco Nasti’s 3-2 goal on Saturday evening, but more generally by how Alexis is working in this pre-season.
“He’s a player I really like because he has quality. Every coach would like to train a player who can be used in different positions. He is more confident than in the past and I would like to keep him in the team,” he said.
Based on what the paper are implying, any desire by the management to sell him to raise cash has been overruled by Fonseca, who wishes to keep him and use him.
