After leaving AC Milan in the summer, Olivier Giroud did not experience Paulo Fonseca’s management. However, he has been told what the Portuguese coach is like by his former teammates.
Giroud’s departure looked likely in the early parts of 2024, and when the French forward eventually was confirmed to be leaving Milan it did not come as a shock. Milan could not offer the minutes to the striker that he felt he could provide, and there were no hard feelings when it was decided that a split was best.
Nevertheless, he has still kept in contact with his former teammates, watching from afar, and he spoke of how the squad are doing in an interview with Gazzetta dello Sport.
“The new formula gives you time to rise. Milan must be ambitious: aiming for the Champions League is a must. Because the squad is deep and the attack is great, as I said.
“In Europe, those who have quality in attack win. Fonseca will have to find balance but now he can work with serenity. And I know that the boys are happy with the training sessions: the group follows him. I think this is the right year to make a good run in the Champions League.”
Giroud has been keeping a keen eye on the Rossoneri, and after the Derby della Madonnina victory, he took to Instagram to post a message of support. Even if he has moved on, he still has a place for the Rossoneri in his heart, and the feeling is mutual.
we need 3-4 changes in January then, to complete the squad! hope this season we can show glimpses of old Milan!
So you want to revamp the team? Again. You play waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much FM.
Yes his brilliant ideas include buying 35M players to be third options. At least two of them, tho probably 3-4 as stated above
If we continue 442 we likely need:
* a S of the same profile as Tammy for backup and rotation. I hope we can see Ok4 grow here instead.
* An all action SS in the mold of Morata. I hope RLC and Moving can cover this and grow into it instead.
* A DM to cover for Fof. While I realize Benny is coming back in Jan I don’t trust him to be in shape after his last big layoff
* A RB – given we will move on from Calabria no matter what, I don’t seem Emerson being the guy. Hmwither makes a serviceable deputy.
*A LB – We need a defender more than a bomber like Theo to be his deputy. We have so much offensive fire power. Someone who simply locks down the left and is never mentioned.
So I do think there are opportunities to improve, but only RB appears to be a need at this time.
We will know more at the break.
We’re playing 4231 tho
Fixed by getting a player who can play both SS and AM.
CDK?
But you can’t get quality players in January though. Especially with Milan-money.