Divock Origi has now moved past the period of getting the benefit of the doubt after arriving with an injury and contributions are expected soon, a report claims.
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Origi is looking at the calendar with a bit of concern as there are 11 games left and then it will be time for the management to take stock of who deserves a place in the team for next season.
The Belgian knows he hasn’t convinced yet having scored just a couple of goals and having only had sporadic flashes of what he can do. Meanwhile, Olivier Giroud is about to sign a renewal and starts every big game aged 36 and even Zlatan Ibrahimovic is ahead of him in the pecking order at the age of 41.
Origi has a deal with Milan until 2026 at €4m net per season and while Stefano Pioli has always defended him with alibis such as injuries and adaptation to a new league, the management expected more from him.
In 2019 the striker scored three goals in the semi-final and final of the Champions League, yet this year he only scored against Monza and Sassuolo in games where the scoreline was far from tight.
The former Liverpool man has played around 700 minutes and has not started a game since the win against Monza in mid-January, where he was one of the worst on the pitch. Against Tottenham he hit the post in the second leg when he should have scored, and now Origi has been left with 11 games to convince.
