AC Milan’s tour of the United States has not started well from an injury point of view, with two of the more experienced squad members having suffered quite severe problems.
As La Gazzetta dello Sport report, Milan lost Alessandro Florenzi for almost the entire season after he ruptured the cruciate ligament and lateral meniscus in his right knee during the match against Manchester City, and that was a game Marco Sportiello missed too.
Mike Maignan’s deputy suffered a serious cut on his left hand in a hotel in New York that will force him to sit out for 2-3 months. Tests are underway to define the prognosis and establish whether surgery is necessary or not, and the situation will be clearer in the next few hours.
The goalkeeper’s absence pushes Milan to look for a replacement. Simone Scuffet of Cagliari, who would cost around €3m, is one of the options, especially if Marco Silvestri (who is not on the Rossoneri’s radar) were to end up in Sardinia.
Currently – as seen in the friendly at Yankee Stadium – Fonseca seems happy to rely on the 19-year-old Lorenzo Torriani, who will be the third goalkeeper this season for the senior team and has shown good signs.