AC Milan are looking to increase the Italian quota in their squad, and one department they are targeting is the midfield.
As Calciomercato.com report, Milan want to relaunch in 2025-26 with more of a ‘homegrown’ influence on the squad, i.e. players who are already accustomed to Serie A and will know what it means to wear the red and black shirt.
The major target
The feeling is that the management – regardless of how the sporting director soap opera ends – will invest in a new central midfielder, and in particular someone who would be considered a deep-lying playmaker.
The big name on their list is Samuele Ricci. For several months now, the Rossoneri have been preparing the groundwork to try and sign the Italy international, so much so that they even tried to land him in January.
Ricci himself made an admission that favours Milan’s thinking: “I prefer to be a regista, I take inspiration from Rodri.” He would be a fit for Maurizio Sarri too, one of the candidates for to replace Sergio Conceicao that is gaining momentum.
What could represent a significant obstacle is the player’s price tag. The Milan management do not want to pay more than €25-30m for Ricci, but Urbano Cairo hopes for an auction that could raise the price to €40m.
The back-up plan
There is already a ‘Plan B’ ready: Hans Nicolussi Caviglia, a midfielder owned by Venezia, who signed him last summer from Juventus on loan with an obligation to buy set at €3.5m. The buy-out clause was exercised in February, so the club from the lagoon own him outright.
The player’s qualities have not gone unnoticed and despite a less than brilliant season for his team, the midfielder has always been the protagonist of positive performances, so much so that he managed to amass four goals and three assists.
Nicolussi Caviglia’s future will also be decided by these last four games: in the event of relegation to Serie B, it would be really unlikely that he would remain with the Veneto club. Milan are watching.
I would get both if both Adli and Benaccer are not staying. I really like Nicolussi Caviglia, he has some physical limits but he is a very intelligent player with outstanding ability in long balls and set pieces, which is something we definitely miss.
Did you see the Fiorentina-Betis game? Adli was garbage.
If he is that good he would have stayed at Juventus and not be a Reject
Get Goretzka from Bayern. He will enter the last year of his contract (so should not be that expensive) and still has some good yearn in him (thought he would be older than 30).
If we watch Ricci and caviglia when they play against Milan , I would prefer Hans caviglia. He’s more dangerous with his longshot and ball distribution. Ricci more likely gattuso, play only for holding the opponent. Hahahah….
The usual story about to start all over again.
We are made to believe that miss world is joining milan ….. but then find out that it is only the girl next door whom we are running after!!!!
Milan will buy the Indonesian captain Jay Idzes and Hans caviglia from Venezia…
Matteo Prati and Giovanni Fabbian are better than Nicolussi Caviglia 💯 Rovella is better too. Also from former Juventus Rejects we should sign Filippo Ranocchia
I agree Fabbian is a player to watch but he’s no regista. More a mezzala like Reijnders.
I’d love to have Prati. Watch Torino snap him after they sell Ricci and make a star out of him. All cause Moncada is useless incompetent clown.
moncada is there at Chelsea scraping their bin & then he’ll go to France 4 random youngster w/ some bonus from the selling club
Neither player is an upgrade to what we already have. why bother?