Leon Goretzka has ended up at the top of AC Milan’s wish list, with an offer already tabled, and the journalist Andrea Longoni has urged them to go through with the deal.
Although there are still five games left of the season, Milan have already begun planning for the summer mercato and the 2026-27 campaign. Good reinforcements are needed, especially if the return to Champions League materialises, and several players have been linked with them.
One is Leon Goretzka, whose contract with Bayern Munich will expire at the end of the season. At the age of 31, he still has at least a few years left at the highest level and it’s definitely a signing that would help Allegri.
Longoni pushes for Goretzka
In his latest editorial for MilanNews, the journalist Andrea Longoni spoke about the potential signing, stating that it ‘would be a real coup’ by the Rossoneri.
“The hottest name is Goretzka. It would be a real coup. We are talking about a player with immense experience who would further elevate the midfield department. I don’t understand those who turn up their noses at his age: at 31, he still has more than a few years left at the top level.
“Consider Rabiot, whose arrival was crucial despite being the same age. Then, Luka Modric’s future will need to be clarified, which is another crucial issue this summer,” he wrote.
Muilan has supposedly already made an offer for the player, who’s considering his options while waiting to see if the Rossoneri will actually have Champions League football next season.
Modric at 41 plays a different role and is on another planet entirely than Goretzka. Not sure how that comparison stacks up. He requires neither pace nor physicality for his position, whereas those are the exact attributes we’re looking at Goretzka for.
Where did you read any Goretzka- Modric comparison in this article?
If Hakan can survive in the league, I don’t see any reason why Goretzka wouldn’t.
They almost run same even at top speed.
Let’s stop spreading the “slow” Goretzka narrative. His speed is almost on par with so many top midfielders in Serie A which by the way isn’t the fastest league.
The Bundesliga is way faster and has more intensity than the Serie A.
Goretzka will slot in perfectly into Serie A and dominate it straight away.
Right, but the pace of our play is much slower than in Europe, where we will play next season. So wouldn’t you want to increase the speed of play and attempt to bring in faster players in to keep up? Instead we take him because he can slot into our slower pace?
Again, slow Hakan played in that same Europe and reached the UCL final.
Plus, the said slow Goretzka has played 9 UCL matches this season playing against teams like Chelsea, PSG, Arsenal, Sporting, and Atalanta. I mean, I wouldn’t mind such a “slow” player though.
If a “slow” Casimero (much slower than Goretzka) can go to the EPL which is the fastest league in Europe and hold his ground wining two trophies and named in the Premier League Team of the Season, then I think the pace we magnify may not really be a telling difference when the heat is on.
Let’s drop this “slow” narrative already. Please.
The “too slow” narrative has been an absolute joke on this site for years! People kept saying Pavlovic is slow. Well, according to stats he ran at 33,2 km/h in UCL last season when Rafa Leao was the fastest Milan player at 35,6 km/h. I’m sure you people are smart enough to calculate the difference yourselves and realize what kind of difference we’re talking about, right? Those numbers were measured during the matches based on the sensors the players have on them.
But I’m sure the commentators here know better than any statistics “hacks” working on and updating the official stats of UCL, right? 😀 😀 😀
Oh, and Goretzka has clocked these speeds:
– 31,47 km/h in UCL last season
– 33,3 km/h in Bundesliga this season.
Interesting that Modric only clocked 28,8 km/h in UCL last season. Has he been too slow in Milan’s matches? Not really. And he has probably ran twice as much than our Portuguese Potential Boy – at his 40s… 🤷♂️
Calhanoglu: 31,1 km/h.
Correction. Another source said Pavlovic’s top speed was actually 34,77 km/h which makes him even closer to Leao’s. But still, he must be “too slow” because the EXPERTS here said so. 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
LOL. I thought the real football experts (ie. the commentators here) already said Goretzka is “too old and slow”. 😀 😀 😀 😀
None of the experts in here wanted Rabiot either. Or Hojlund… Goretzka would do just fine here.
no please. stay clear. he washed