Sales will still be crucial for AC Milan in the upcoming summer window despite the fact Champions League qualification provides a revenue boost.
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Pietro Mazzara writes in his column for MilanNews that is will be vital for Paolo Maldini and Ricky Massara to sell players in order to add more funds to the budget so that they can go about filling the obvious gaps in the squad.
Quantifying the budget available is complicated at present but it is expected to be higher than last summer, which produced a €42.45m net spend and €56m total spent on signings.
Milan have struggled to sell players, perhaps because the squad lacks a ‘second band’ which is easier to sell to make cash and more easily replaceable than those in the first band, which is obviously the starters.
This is why Ante Rebic’s situation is one to watch, given he was left out due purely because of Stefano Pioli’s choice last night and not because of an injury. Divock Origi has offers in Turkey and the Premier League too, with his sale yielding a potential pure capital gain.
Then, Mazzara writes that Milan will look to sign a starting centre-forward to alternate with Giroud, a right winger who can score 10 goals, two box-to-box midfielders (Loftus-Cheek and Kamada the main suspects), a new deputy to Theo Hernandez, another striker to take Ibrahimovic’s place and a deputy to Leao should both Rebic and Origi be sold.
