Zlatan Ibrahimovic has claimed that AC Milan are not planning to sign anyone in January, also stating that the team are in need of balance.
There are a number of stories doing the rounds from various sources at the moment regarding potential signings in the winter transfer window, such as the addition of a new midfielder or a deputy left-back.
Milan are currently struggling to find consistency in the league given that they sit eight points off top and seven points off fourth place, while in the Champions League they are on two wins and two losses.
It has not exactly been the start to the 125th anniversary campaign that anyone would have hoped for, but there are a lot of games to play and the chance to add to the squad will come around again in six weeks.
Ibrahimovic was present in Turin tonight for an event to launch the Kings League, and he spoke to Sky Italia with his comments relayed by MilanNews.
Will Milan-Juventus be as spectacular as the Kings League?
“It won’t be like the Kings League, but a different, more serious type of show.”
How do Milan move forward?
“We are working every day to find balance and stability. The team are doing well, we can do better and that’s what we want.”
What needs to be improved?
“Balance. We lose games that we shouldn’t lose. It’s a mental balance and for the new game, when we find balance the team will be much much better. But we are positive, we want to improve every day.”
Will you strengthen in January?
“Is it necessary? Do you have any wishes? (Ibra asks the journalist smiling). Everyone knows everything and everyone has advice, everyone is an expert. I’m joking (laughs). The market is every day. We have a scouting system that shows us the players, what is needed and what is not needed, in a loop.
“But today there is no thought of strengthening anything, then we will see what happens in these two months. Let’s hope nothing involving our players [sales]. If we stay the same, we will move forward.”
we so baldy need a Dm and that is not an opinion or advice. itsa f*cking fact
Kind of relieved no movement in January.
I’d be concerned about Fonseca having any more involvement in decisions about the squad as he won’t be there by the end of the season.
“Will Milan-Juventus be as spectacular as the Kings League?” What a freaking idiotic question to ask.
Sempre Losers should be the new name for this website
Why don’t we ask our management why we don’t have Italians when our squad needs them
Too expensive. For the price of a quality player such as Buongiorno we got two mediocre players who didn’t raise the level of the team – unlike what the Italian would have done. But the management doesn’t care about that as they only think about the potential profit when they sell the mediocre ones.
“But today there is no thought of strengthening anything”
That is very discouraging, when obviously we need to reinforce the defense. We have no suitable deputy for the left back position. Our two right backs are not good. The center backs have had failures too. We are leaking too many goals.
I am optimist for the midfield, and the offense clearly doesn’t need help; it scores quite often, but the problem is that we concede too many goals.
Can’t Ibra see it? How is it possible that he says that we have no needs???
Honestly Luigi the issue with defence stems from midfield.
We need another player in there. Reijnders is more attacking, we need a DM.
Otherwise no matter the CB pairing they will be exposed
One player will not be enough to save the team. What we need is 4-5 starters who will give their 100% for the team. Oh and they’d have to be good players too and not some bakayokos or hondas. Half of our team either can’t or doesn’t want to defend.
Yes, we need at least 4 good defenders: a LB, a RB, a CB, and a DM.
I have no hopes that we’ll get any. Maybe one. And like you said, that won’t be enough.
At least we should go to a 3-men midfield with Musah helping Emerson, but Fonseca seems to regress to 4-2-3-1 every other game, although this formation hasn’t been working so well for us.
I haven’t checked closely but I have the impression that most of the points we dropped, happened when we went with 4-2-3-1.
Yeah, I don’t understand the obsession for the 4-2-3-1. Sure, it brought us the scudetto but it was a different team with world-class leaders/motivators on board. And it was ages ago.
Yes, in other posts I wrote about the same topic, I did say as well that we need a DM. I just forgot to mention it in the post you replied to.
Zlatan, Furlani and Moncada have all failed. This is already a failed season and probably a failed project too. To add to that our clueless management hired an average coach in Paulo Fonseca. Now we’re 7th in the league. This is no improvement on Pioli. I kept saying it, if they must fire Pioli then it should be for somebody better. Fonseca is NOT that guy. All I hear and see are a bunch of excuses and comfort in Mediocrity by our management and club owner. Until the club is sold to serious people, nothing good will happen. Milan are finished!
What chance of Leao, Theo and Mike staying when we are not in CL next season?
Zero.
“We have a scouting system that shows us the players, what is needed and what is not needed, in a loop.”
For two and a half seasons now we’re desperate for a proper DM, a deputy LB and proper RB. From 200 millions only Pulisic, Reijnders, Fofana and Morata turn out to be good additions. That’s roughly 75 millions out of 200 spent.
Your scouting system clearly doesn’t work.
Indeed. The scouting has been jack 💩 since gazidis left
Moncada’s scouting is based on his work 3-5 years ago. He can’t be bothered with updating his reports/notes. He needs to go before it’s too late.
Nothing angers people down here like not getting their favourite toys on the transfer market.
Nothing angers MH more than the approaching winter mercato.
It seems like we won’t be signing anyone…
But it’s more the waste of talent that angers me.
And nothing pleases you more than writing off players.
Nothing pleases me more than seeing the club succeed. C-class players won’t get us there.
And even if we didn’t sign anyone (which we will…) you’d still be b*tching about the mercato because that’s what you do. 🙂
I am worried about this: “Let’s hope nothing involving our players [sales]. If we stay the same, we will move forward.”
Who are they going to sell for big money? Reijnders or Pulisic?
Theo. He’s the one running out of contract and no negotiations on-going.