There have been new talks over a deal for Granit Xhaka, a report claims, with Massimiliano Allegri beginning to form a midfield plan.
According to Calciomercato.com, Allegri is increasingly involved in the dynamics of the new Milan that is being born. The coach was chosen by the new sporting director Igli Tare and the ownership to redeem the last disastrous season and bring the Rossoneri club back to immediate competitiveness.
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In the transfer market, Milan are moving trying to meet the needs of a manager who seeks greater balance in the structuring of the squad and who seems to have immediately understood the lack of a certain amount of leadership within the dressing room.
Xhaka on the list
And so, after having confidently and decisively focused on Luka Modric – the protagonist of a lightning deal closed in the space of a few weeks – one of the hottest names for the midfield that the Rossoneri management are working on is that of Granit Xhaka.
As soon as he took over at the helm of Milan, Allegri highlighted how one of the spaces to fill in his ideal midfield is that of a deep-lying playmaker with balancing duties. Exactly the characteristics that the Swiss international has.
Xhaka is tied to the German club by a contract that expires in June 2028 and boasts a solid relationship with the management there, but at the same time he would welcome the right new experience.
Contacts between his entourage and Milan have been frequent in recent weeks and have also occurred in the last few hours. Xhaka, along with Ardon Jashari and Javi Guerra, could help the rebuild of a department that needs help after Tijjani Reijnders’ exit.
Good
Ardon Jashari is much better replacement for Reijnders
I totally agree with you here
5 millions max. He’s too old. He can play at good level max 2 seasons . If we can take him for good immediate impact and use him 2 seasons for max 5 millions it’s good. Otherwise more than that is a wasted money .
Xhaka = Switzerland national player with Albanian ethnicity
Modric = Croatian
Jashari = Switzerland national player with
Albanian ethnicity
Balkanized midfield
Last season, Napoli signed 💎 s for each department.
Bungiorno for defense, McTominay for Centre, Neres and Lakaka for attack. It was a combination of youth and elder generation.
How it turned out? Not bad.
Allegri is trying to do similar thing kinda.
Xhaka for anchor role, going to teach Fofana.
Modric for running the game, kinda replacement for Tijjani.
Immobile for Gimenez as a reference point.
He needs one experienced CB to orchestrate the defence and Theo replacement.
Each department will have one senior players with decent experience. I think not bad, considering we were missing real leaders to take over the game when things were not going as planned. It will give us stability.
I am trying to find positive things
Cool but the age of those Napoli signings is not 33,35,40. Not even close. Both Neres and McTominay were 27. Buoingorno 24. And Lukaku 31. Their oldest players signed was 2 years younger then the youngest Milan is going for. 🤣
You’re very correct.
Selective facts,
We signed Gimenez 23, Fofana 25, Pavlovic 23
But De Bruyne would be 34 in two weeks time, Lukaku is already 32 years old.
Lukaku 32, Immobile 35
De Bruyne 34, Xhaka 33
Any much difference?
Only Modric is waiting to be matched yet, so stop always trash talking anything Milan.
Wailers.
Age is not what matters! Example: consider Inter milan midfielders Hakan age,Miktharian age,Defenders Pavard,Acerbic,Darmian etc. Over three seasons consistency is what matters ooo