AC Milan have a very important summer ahead and that first round of Serie A games on 17-18 August will come around very quickly, with some crucial areas to address.
As MilanNews writes, Milan are a team that simply must be more up for the battle when the going gets tough. Last season Stefano Pioli’s side conceded 49 goals in the league which was more than double what Inter did, and a change of coach might not be enough to fix things.
Paulo Fonseca’s ideas regarding how football should be played are different to Pioli’s but there are also some similarities in terms of the formation and the desire to press, which is why more physicality must be added to the middle of the pitch and in the defensive phase.
The role of Ruben Loftus-Cheek should be slightly revised because of his size, moving backwards a bit, but what Milan really need is a ‘Doberman’ for the midfield to join Tijjani Reijnders, Ismael Bennacer and Yunus Musah, hence the Youssouf Fofana links.
A lot of the defensive issue hinges on whether Fikayo Tomori and Pierre Kalulu can rediscover the levels they did during the Scudetto season and then whether Theo Hernandez and Davide Calabria can assimilate their styles with Fonseca’s ideas.
A new centre-forward is what will steal the headlines and likely be the marquee purchase, but the Rossoneri must show a clear leap in terms of balance and organisation in order to reverse the negative trend when it comes to the big games.
I’ve said it a million times and ill say it again. Prati is the ideal addition to our midfield.
its ture. He is basically Tonali without the hype. And only 20yo
Agree 100%…Prati shouldn’t be so expensive as well
‘Whether Fikayo Tomori and Pierre Kalulu can rediscover the levels they did during the Scudetto season.’
No they won’t. Unless we sign Kessie back or get someone like him (which is hard because Kessie needed several seasons to reach that level and team’s understanding).
So, rather than keep dwelling and waiting for the Pierre – Fik miracle to happen again, it’s better to look for the alternative. Be it the system, players, etc.