If AC Milan get back into the Champions League as they are currently on course to do, then an ambitious summer must follow.
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This morning’s edition of La Gazzetta dello Sport speaks of having a possible budget of €100m (we presume net spend) when factoring in loan players being bought and Champions League money, without considering sales of those currently in the squad.
The target from there is simple: to sign one quality player for each outfield department that can slot straight into the team and improve it, before then thinking about bolstering the depth available to Massimiliano Allegri.
The paper believe that Kim Min-jae of Bayern Munich is a difficult but not impossible target to come in and fill the middle centre-back role, flanked by Koni De Winter and Strahinja Pavlovic.
In midfield, Leon Goretzka is down as the new regista with Luka Modric and Adrien Rabiot either side of him. Our eyebrows are raised by the suggestion of Christian Pulisic at right wing-back, however. That is likely so that La Gazzetta could include Moise Kean in the new front two alongside Rafael Leao.
Possible 2026-27 AC Milan XI (3-5-2): Maignan; De Winter, Kim, Pavlovic; Pulisic, Modric, Goretzka, Rabiot, Barteasghi; Kean, Leao.
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