As the season draws closer, AC Milan are in need of a bit of luck. Indeed, they are beginning to run out of time for things to happen.
You don’t need to look at the calendar to feel like Milan are perhaps a little behind. When you look at the pre-season squads so far, you’d argue that there’s not a definite starting XI for the first matchday.
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Then, you’ve the mercato to contend with too, and there are certainly a few areas where signings could – or maybe should – be made…
Race against time
As MilanNews reports, the Rossoneri are facing an uphill battle to have everyone ready for the first matchday of the season. After all, they are still a way away from where they want to be under Ruben Amorim at this stage.
Then, you have to welcome Mike Maignan and Adrien Rabiot into the system and with the midfielder potentially having a role change, this will take time.
Finally, and perhaps most worryingly, Christian Pulisic and Mario Gila have barely played. They are working on recovery at Milanello currently, attempting to return to top form before the opener. However, they only have 12 days to prepare. It’s not exactly the longest turnaround…
Let’s make predictions 🙂 1) Final place this season in Serie A 2) success in Europa league 3) how long Amorim stays (can be 5 years) 😉
More like 5 weeks…
3rd, behind Inter and Roma. Como will be a bit lagging because the European matches and Napoli will be under Allegriball.
Europa can be a success if theres more transfer and depth, but maybe Semi Final.
Amorim will stay more than this season.
6th and Europa League last 16.
Gerry will lose his sh*t!
He will fire everyone again. And the hire some new noobs. And won’t consider the main problem is having a US banker in charge of it all.
With the squads looking like they do today:
-Fifth in Serie A
-Quarter-final
-Amorim stays maximum to the end of the season
Fourth or Fifth. They ain’t winning the Europa League. Amorim will last the year. ACM shouldn’t have finished out of the top 4 last year. It was just due to Allegri constantly trying to just win by a nose. Eventually, the odds caught up with them. Let’s be honest, Serie A is not that strong.
First few matches will terribly go wrong.
Team catches up with the Amorim system, top 3, maybe leader at halftime.
Opponents learn how to handle us, Amorim refuses to adapt. 5th in the end.
Next!
(I got a deja-vu…)
EL: Anything less than semifinal would be a huge disappointment.
Again, I hope I am wrong and will have fun sitting in front of the TV wearing my 94/95 #4 jersey every weekend hehe.
Keep your expectations low and you won’t be disappointed.