After a few weeks where very little happened, AC Milan’s summer transfer window finally has lift-off and there is more movement expected this weak.
According to what is being reported by Pietro Mazzara in his latest column for MilanNews, the next 72 hours should yield developments on a number of different targets that the management have identified.
Talks will be held over Lazar Samardzic while discussions will resume with Monaco for Youssouf Fofana and with Borussia Dortmund for Niclas Fullkrug. Milan also want to close the deal for Stranhija Pavlovic, for around €18-20m.
However, these incomings mean that some players must say goodbye, both to free spots in their respective departments but also to raise money and free up wages. Yacine Adli and Tommaso Pobega are ‘for sale’, as per Mazzara, as is Alexis Saelemaekers.
Regarding the Belgian, the latest rumour suggested that Antonio Conte wants him at Napoli – presumably as a wing-back – but the journalist states that the Rossoneri are waiting and hoping for offers from the Premier League.
Alessandro Florenzi is on his way out, given that his contract will not be renewed, while the situations for both Fode Ballo-Touré (who is waiting for offers from the Premier League) and Divock Origi are at a standstill.
I really hope Pobega leaves instead of Adli, he’s no good
Has Pobega cost us any goals?
I can think of three goals conceded directly by Adli as well as the fact that whenever he played opposition teams were able to saunter through our midfield.
Meanwhile on the ball I’ve never seen a football player outside of my lunch time 5-a-side team that holds onto the ball as long as he does.
But he did hit a nice pass or two.
Pobega, a youth player which should see him be given the benefit of doubt, who has also barely played (therefore not sure what you’re basing your judgment on) has generally been ok when he has played scoring and keeping things simple (something Adli could learn from).
It’s based on the fact that he’s one of the slowest players I’ve ever seen in my life, he’s always behind in his interventions, no forward passing abilities whatsoever. Adli has never been a mezzala and he did his best, my judgement was on technical skills where I see Adli playing in different roles and still can improve, Pobega for me is a Torino level player at most!
If speed is the key for you then Adli is the antithesis of everything you believe in!
Adli’s position is no excuse especially as from a deeper position he should’ve seen passes sooner with the pitch ahead of him.
As for Pobega I thought he did ok positionally for example when he came on in champions league games..
Never seen a commentary with less ball knowledge than this one
‘Ball knowledge’???
At least get the name of the sport right.
More like 7-8 goals…PSG, Emery just flew by him, he stopped running and he passed it across for a goal. Dortmund, he couldn’t stay with Adeyemi. Game losing goal vs Atalanta. Bad give away against Sassuolo followed 2 minutes later by a bad give away where they ruined a 4v1… The marking on the corner vs. Inter…I know there are at least 2 or 3 more, but its hard to watch.
Wow you must have had Pobega cam on (and missed all the other f ups from the rest of the midfield).
Where’s your criticism of Reijnders on the first goal conceded against PSG?
And there’s some serious tenuous connections between Pobega and those goals.
We conceded 69 goals in 52 games and Pobega was only involved in 15 of those mostly for minutes at a time.
I’m sure you had a player cam on all the others who you give free passes to because, I don’t know, the more connection a player has to a club the more they seem to be disliked. As you do.
Pobega is terrible. Zero control, slow as molasses, zero creativity, poor ball control, and no vision. Shall I go on??
The only reason you rate him is because he is Italian. If he wasn’t you would be screaming to sell. Assil has shown much much more (in a NEW position) than Slowbega has in all the time we’ve had him
Are these based off FIFA stats or real life given you’re describing an actual top level football player?
Unless you think just anyone can make it through one of the best youth academies on the planet?
Players who apparently have no ability to control the ball???
Listen to yourself.
Listen to the confidence that you declare a player not to meet some completely arbitrary level.
Pobega barely played last season or since he’s been at Milan so it’s difficult to see how anyone could make a judgment on him.
And then I see so free passes given to other players, mostly blow ins, endless excuses about how this player was played out of position or that player just wasn’t understood, whilst reserving the highest possible standards for a squad player from our youth team,
Adli is the best team player you have so keep him
Non abbiamo bisogno di Lazar Samardzic, abbiamo Adli. adli dà tutto per i suoi colori e sta meglio.
Here’s the list I pulled together at the end of last season.
Here we go….all 43 (excluding some real randomers):
Mike Maignan
Marco Sportiello
Lapo Nava LOAN
Antonio Mirante
Devis Vásquez SELL
Marco Pellegrino SELL
Davide Calabria
Fodé Ballo-Touré SELL
Davide Bartesaghi LOAN (see below)
Théo Hernandez
Pierre Kalulu
Fikayo Tomori
Simon Kjær I WANTED TO KEEP FOR EXPERIENCE AND LEADERSHIP
Malick Thiaw
Mattia Caldara RELEASE
Filippo Terracciano LOAN
Alessandro Florenzi
Matteo Gabbia
Álex Jiménez I WANTED SEND BACK TO REAL BUT WE’VE SIGNED SO NOW NEED TO LOAN BARTESAGHI
Jan-Carlo Simić LOAN
Ismaël Bennacer
Rade Krunić SORRY SELL
Yacine Adli SELL PLEASE
Ruben Loftus-Cheek
Tijjani Reijnders
Tommaso Pobega SORRY SELL
Yunus Musah LAST CHANCE
Olivier Giroud THANKS FOR EVERYTHING
Rafael Leão
Christian Pulisic
Luka Jović RELEASE
Noah Okafor
Samuel Chukwueze
Daniel Maldini SELL
Junior Messias SELL
Charles De Ketelaere SELL
Marko Lazetić SELL
Alexis Saelemaekers SELL
Lorenzo Colombo SELL
Divock Origi SELL
Emil Roback SELL
Luka Romero SELL
Chaka Traorè SELL
That would give us a squad of about 22 (excluding youth players) if we added a DM and CF (Morata tick):
Mike Maignan
Marco Sportiello
Antonio Mirante
Álex Jiménez
Davide Calabria
Théo Hernandez
Pierre Kalulu
Fikayo Tomori
Malick Thiaw
Alessandro Florenzi
Matteo Gabbia
Ismaël Bennacer
DM
Ruben Loftus-Cheek
Tijjani Reijnders
Yunus Musah
Rafael Leão
Christian Pulisic
Noah Okafor
Samuel Chukwueze
ALVARO MORATA
Shame we didn’t go for Amadou Onana for DM.
Hjulmand could be an option.
Sorry Zeroli and Camarda would make up the rest of the first team squad.
Looking at that list Mirante is already released so he should be replaced by Torriani who was good in the last game. Since hes a primavera player he can be added freely to squad list if needed. Same for Jimenez, Zeroli, Camarda etc so no need to include them in the 22 man non primavera/Milan Futuro list
Jovic should be added to that list as they made it clear they want 3 attackers. Either Fullkrug arrive or Colombo stays as Fonseca seems intrigued by him and have asked for more time to evaluate him?
Terraciano they seem to want to keep for his versatility?
Fofana and Pavlovic seems certain to arrive but Samardzics arrival seems dependant on Adli/Florenzi/Pobega leaving?
The 22 man list would be-
Mike Maignan
Marco Sportiello
Filippo Terracciano
Davide Calabria
Théo Hernandez
Pierre Kalulu
Fikayo Tomori
Malick Thiaw
STRAHINJA PAVLOIC
Matteo Gabbia
Ismaël Bennacer
YOUSSOUF FOFANA
Ruben Loftus-Cheek
Tijjani Reijnders
Yunus Musah
Rafael Leão
Christian Pulisic
Noah Okafor
Samuel Chukwueze
Luka Jovic
ALVARO MORATA
Colombo or FULLKRUG
Then you have the primavera/Milan Futuro players that can be added to that.
I think those 22 are to expect for the first team. Then Im guessing one of Adli/Pobega/Florenzi will be added if they cant get rid of them all. If they manage to offload all 3 I think Samardzic will arrive.
Saelsmaekers they will manage to sell since hes hot on the market.
So then its a 23 man squad + primavera/Milan Futuroplayers
It’s not about who can be added freely or whatever.
It’s about having an actual plan to integrate our youth players which can only happen if we give them space.
This is what Real Madrid and Barcelona do.
A CF blocks/disrupts Morata/Okafor/Camarda.
Every time we’ve signed multiple players for one position one or all of them have failed .
We don’t need another CB. That is an insult to Gabbia who came back in last season and was our best defender.
Fofana is not a DM. He’s another box to box when we have 4. We need someone who’ll hold.
We’ll need a CB if Simic and Pellegrino leave. It seems to be the case at least one will. But it’s also failure on management/ scouting work/planning.
And I agree that we don’t need another striker. It just muddies things as it stands. It baffles me we’re going after another striker tbh.
We don’t.
We need max 3-4 CBs as Kalulu can also play CB.
Any more will mean we’ll struggle to establish a CB partnership which will mean they’ll all fall.
I agree that team looks decent
🤙🏻 But Thiaw also SELL
I would keep
Adli
Pogeba (still young, hardly played)
Florenzi (good sub)
Milan should keep all Italians. They deserve it! They are good enough. Again Milan bosses failed to sign one good Italian instead of all the foreigners for the first 11.
Both Adli and Pobega should leave, keep Bennacer and get Fofana ASAP before others come in for him.