It was announced earlier today that Pierre Kalulu has extended his contract with AC Milan until June 2027, and he becomes the latest player to pledge his future to the project.
MilanNews recall how Kalulu was signed directly from Lyon’s youth team in the summer of 2020 after Geoffrey Moncada was convinced of his qualities without the then-20-year-old having made his debut in the first team.
It was a complete leap in the dark to fans and the media, but obviously not to those who have followed the player for a long time and to Lyon, who did everything to convince the boy to renew and stay in France. The Rossoneri paid only around €400k as a development fee, and now his value must not be far off 100 times that.
Kalulu had to wait patiently for the right opportunity as Stefano Pioli waited several months before throwing him into the fray, but after his debut his usage gradually increased, and the Frenchman began integrate in a completely new country and league.
The qualities were obvious from the start as Kalulu showed he is fast, bold, flexible, dynamic, good at reading the game and monstrous in anticipation. He can be used as both a right-back and a centre-back, being deployed as the latter after the bad injury that Simon Kjaer suffered last season.
Along with Fikayo Tomori and with Mike Maignan behind them, Milan found an impregnable back line that led them to the Scudetto. At the age of 22 Kalulu certainly has sensational potential, and the good sign for the Diavolo is that he – after Theo, Tonali and Tomori – has shown his faith in Pioli, Maldini and Massara.
