MN: Chukwueze and Pulisic battling to start against Rennes

Both Samuel Chukwueze and Christian Pulisic are battling to get a starting place against Stade Rennes in the Europa League on Thursday night.

As reported by Milan News, Stefano Pioli has got a decision to make when it comes to the right winger against the French side on Thursday. His two clear options are Chukwueze and Pulisic, a choice that has not been available to him a lot recently.

Chukwueze has been at the Africa Cup of Nations and he did get the chance to start against Monza on Sunday night, but he failed to impress and had to be replaced but Christian Pulisic who came on and scored twice.

In terms of form, Pulisic is the clear choice, but Milan are 3-0 up from the first leg at San Siro and would need to turn in a really awful performance to end up failing to get into the Europa League round of 16.

That lends itself to Pioli giving Chukwueze the minutes as he seeks to click back into life at Milan after more than a month away on his home continent.

On the other hand, Milan now intend to take the Europa League very seriously given it is the only chance of winning a trophy.