The AC Milan management are wanting to sign a midfielder before the end of the month and there are two stand-out profiles at the moment.
As Calciomercato.com report, the situation is now desperate in the middle of the park as Youssouf Fofana and Tijjani Reijnders continue to start every game without any chance of catching their breath. It now seems to be affecting their performance levels too, which are usually very high.
Ismael Bennacer is back but has been out for a long time so patience is required, while Yunus Musah continues to be used more out wide, and Ruben Loftus-Cheek is out until the beginning of February. Thus, the alternatives are not very reliable.
If there is an opportunity in January it will be seized. Geoffrey Moncada and Giorgio Furlani will not spend just for the sake of it and they will only sign a player who is worth it, which they believe Morten Frendrup of Genoa is.
An attempt has been made to sign the Danish midfielder and the response was a €25m asking price, too high for Milan and for Atalanta who offered around €18m. The former Brondby player will most likely leave, but only in the summer.
The other name on Milan’s notebook is Lucas Gourna-Douath, currently playing for Red Bull Salzburg. Moncada has known him since his time at Saint-Etienne and has an excellent relationship with his agent and could make an attempt.
However, the most likely scenario at the moment is that Milan will postpone the midfield expense until the summer, when they will try again seriously for Samuele Ricci of Torino after Urbano Cairo’s refusal in recent weeks to sell in January.
And Casadei is on his way to lazio for 9m ??!! and we are looking at 2 foreigners who won’t even fit in our squad lists ???
Casadei wouldn’t suit us because he’s Italian. It’s a big NO for Moncada The GOAT.
Casadei hhh don’t talk rubbish pls garbage player
Ashraf I doubt you ever saw him play, a single second.
“Moncada has known him since his time at Saint-Etienne and has an excellent relationship with his agent and could make an attempt.”
So fng lazy!!! Yeah, Moncada had scouted Emerson too a few years ago and look what a stellar “coup” he turned out to be. Must have doubled his value already, right?
Its very hard to be a fan of Redbird when the whole world of football knows Milan’s midfield needs reinforcement’s and they will postpone transfer’s till the summer.
If Fofana or Reijnders would get injured it would be catastrophic, with Bennacer(he is half the player he used to be) ,Loftus( he can’t even be fit for the subs bench) and Musah( he is too inexperienced and mainly a utility player) definitely not able to form a competitive midfield.
Had Redbird been serious they would have had Frendrup wrapped up in the first few days of the mercato and Ricci confirmed for summer .
“However, the most likely scenario at the moment is that Milan will postpone the midfield expense until the summer”
Good decision. We’re well covered in midfield. Fofana and Reijnders can hold on until summer.
Conte is a manager that gets things done, like it or loathe it. I think he would have walked out on this shower of sh*te after a week!
Ruben Loftus-Cheek – what a fail of a player. How can you keep mentioning him as a serious option? Like, without him it is a problem, with him what? He is worse than Emerson Royal. They paid 20+M for 6 months he played good and that is it. If they can sell him they should get rid of him yesterday. And buy a proper midfielder.
Not this wannabee CM, AM or whatever that can’t play any of the positions properly, can’t score a header while being 191CM and so on. What a tool. There was a reason not a single coach at Chelsea gave him a 1st team run.
The problem with Milan is not having an Italian identity,from coach to players
We miss out on Conte and motta
The sarri and allergri
Let ibra and cadinale tell me is Italy vs USA or Sweden even combined will be at Italian national team
Looking for players abroad to play in Italy and leave the quality players in Italy,and yet u can’t beat the same players and team u said they are not a good buy for Milan
Road to champions League is Italian serie A
And we are not doing well and going far away to solve our problems while it is within
I don’t understand the Frendrup hype. I’ve had a chance to finally see him for a few games and he seems more a box to box (another one?) than a pure DM. The positions he tend to occupy are not exactly DM. He tackles yes and gets busy, aerials a lil sus as well as positioning but we really should be looking for another profile. Unless this is to give Tiji a rest…which I also don’t mind.
Yes, he is not a pure DM, he is good defensively but not a pure DM. I guess the idea is to have more options, because right now we’re very shallow.
Also, if somehow Conceição stays for another season, we might switch to a 4-4-2 in which case he can be more useful than a pure DM.
Tyipical lazy Moncada work. Just get some random french african cause he is cheap and he knows the agent. Who cares if he is on Milan level or not. The clowns Gery Cardinale and Furlani don’t understand football anyway so he can take them for a ride. Just the fact that Monacada still has a job is proof of this.
Better bring Pobega or Adli back. Than some random.
Yup. I’d love Adli back, he has the desire and loves the club. Pobega is Italian and has scored a couple of important goals.
If RLC was the solution to the midfield we would have seen it for a good while now. He has been here for a few years, not a few months. Please stop regarding him as a footballer.