With the transfer market closed, the time has come for the teams that will participate in this season’s European competitions to name their squad lists.
Tuttosport (via MilanNews) writes that Milan will also have to present theirs in view of the start of the Champions League, scheduled for Tuesday when they will travel to face Red Bull Salzburg pitch.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Tiemoué Bakayoko will certainly not be part of the list as the Swede is still injured and will only return to the field in January, while the Frenchman is no longer part of Stefano Pioli’s plans.
There should be four other exclusions as Milan will not be able to occupy all of the 25 slots available due to not having four players that came through their own academy, with only Davide Calabria, Matteo Gabbia and Tommaso Pobega. In addition, there are three home-grown players (Italian academies) in Mirante, Tonali and the injured Florenzi.
Tatarusanu, Ballo-Touré, Thiaw and even Adli could therefore miss out, while the new signing Aster Vranckx could be part of the list, but it seems to be between him at the former Bordeaux man. Rade Krunic – who is currently injured but should return to Pioli’s disposal at the end of September – should remain on the list.
