Former AC Milan player Ruud Gullit has claimed that Brahim Diaz is playing at a level at Real Madrid which he did not show whilst he was playing for the Rossoneri.
Speaking to the Spanish newspaper AS (via Pianeta Milan), the former Dutch international expressed some regret that Milan did not manage to see the absolute best of Brahim Diaz whilst he was playing for the Rossoneri.
Brahim spent three seasons on loan at Milan before eventually returning to Los Blancos last summer when Milan were unable to pay the optional loan fee to keep him.
He played 124 games for Milan and managed to get 18 goals and 15 assists. His form was always patchy, but at times he was easily one of the best players in the team.
Now that he is back at Real Madrid and featuring regularly for the first team, it seems he has been able to reach a new level of performance.
Whilst not a regular starter, he has appeared in 31 games for Carlo Ancelotti’s team this season and scored eight goals, whilst also getting four assists.
Gullit has put the improved form down to the Spaniard simply settling at Real Madrid and in La Liga better than he did at Milan.
“Look, if he had played the way he played when he was with us… Because he wasn’t always like that. I think he made a good decision, I saw him play and he does very, very well. The style is different, it was good for him to come back to Madrid. He made the leap in quality, I saw him do things that I didn’t see him do when he was at AC Milan. Maybe it was just that, finding the right team and the right competition for him,” Gullit said.
