Yesterday was the first day back for AC Milan, at least officially. In front of the fans, the team could be seen training. However, there were some absences.
Theo Hernandez, Ismael Bennacer and Yacine Adli were expected to be away, with all reportedly given an extended holiday last week, due to the situations facing them. Barring that, though, it should have been a full house at Milanello.
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Despite this, there were still a few not seen in the footage of the first training session back at camp: Mike Maignan and Emerson Royal, of note.
Behind closed doors
There is nothing to fear about in terms of their situations. Both were present, as expected of them, for the first training session back, and they did report for work. However, neither took part in the group work with their teammates.
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As MilanNews report, the Frenchman was in the gym doing his own work, whilst Emerson Royal did a session solely for himself. Of course, neither is great to hear, with Maignan needed this season, whilst Emerson is due to move away.
More information is expected in the next few days, after all, it could just be precautionary work whilst tests are studied. Hopefully there is nothing major to derail pre-season before it has really gotten out of first gear.
The fact that Emerson Royal is training with the squad and Adli doesn’t is beyond me. Even considering the number of midfielders in the squad compared to wide backs.
Even if we want to sell Adli, this is hardly the environment to get a proper price.
Invited to train with the squad*
We lost Théo because of this attitude now adli wtf is wrong with this furlini and ibra
How did we “lose” Theo because of this attitude?
Theo was never excluded from training with the team.
Actually, Theo was never invited to the raduno in the first place. He wasn’t welcome there as Milan were desperate for him to leave.
At the moment who do we have as fullbacks? Theo left, Calabria left, Florenzi out of contract. At the moment it’s Bartesaghi, Jimenez, Emerson. That’s why Emerson is training cause at the moment we don’t have enough fullbacks. Please note this is not a post endorsing Emerson, just stating an observation