Donyell Malen continues to score at a rapid rate for Roma, and it has emerged that AC Milan could have tried to sign him.
As Calciomercato.com recall, Milan went into the winter window with the intention of signing a new forward. Niclas Fullkrug’s arrival was wrapped up quickly but he has turned into a flop, having scored just one goal against Lecce).
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It certainly wasn’t easy for sporting director Igli Tare to move without a budget and with the only option being to try and bring in players on loan. Yet, it was the same formula Roma used to acquire Malen from Aston Villa, albeit paid (around €2m).
No Milan for Malen
Malen left Aston Villa in January because he wanted to find a team that would give him the right amount of confidence in his natural role as a striker (rather than a winger). The Dutchman’s abilities were perfectly exploited by Gasperini’s vertical style of play.
The result: 11 goals in 15 appearances in Serie A, plus a goal in the Europa League against Bologna. An intermediary had offered him to Milan, who preferred not to commit to a €27m deal overall and now regret what could have been the right purchase to revive a struggling attack.
Roma’s obligation to buy Malen will come into force if the capital club qualify for the next Europa League or Champions League (but not the Conference League).
Furthermore, a further necessary condition (and already achieved) to transform the option to buy into an obligation is appearance-based: he must play at least 50% of games for 35 minutes or more.
He would have been sitting on the bench, trying to stay awake, watching Allegri’s chosen forward pairing of Leao and Pulisic not being able to convert or create anything.
Stop asking like there’s any rhyme nor reason with the transfer market.
It’s impossible to know how he’d work out at Milan or anywhere else.
It could have been but it also could not have been, remember all his misses against us in Rome, he is the only one to blame for that draw. There can not (and most certainly will not) be any success without a new owner and a whole new managment, all this articles, analises and debates are completely useless and pointless (I’m afraid that they were pointless from the very beginning and that’s the scariest part of this dreadful story by a mile), just drop it and demand big changes, stop going in circles. MAKE MILAN MILAN AGAIN!
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Gasperini’s system is also much more favorable to attacking players.
Allegri’s not so much.
Malen can grow and do well at Rome bcoz they play attacking football unlike Milan which under Allegri play defensif and negative football. If Malen came tp Milan he wouldnt do well like now at Roma