For Lorenzo Colombo, it has been a difficult few seasons. He has not had a permanent home, and he has never reached the levels AC Milan have required for him to stay. Now, it seems he may be about to take the next step in his career.
Evaluating the past and future of Colombo is a difficult task. In some regards, you can argue that he has lacked the trust of teams to make him their primary striker, which may have hurt his career. However, that can be countered by his goal record.
Looking at his past two seasons in Serie A, he has scored nine goals and made three assists, and whilst he has made plenty of appearances, his minutes have been questionable.
Last season for Monza, he played 25 games, starting 16 of them, but he only averaged 55 minutes per game, and whilst you can argue that perhaps he needs more exposure to minutes, his goal record makes that difficult to do.
With his lack of goals, you must then look to the future. It is a well-known fact that Milan are looking to sign at least one striker this summer, but two seems like a more likely number, but Colombo is not being considered.
It is expected he will once again leave the club – perhaps as early as next week – this time to Empoli, where he is ‘willing and eager’ for a move to happen, and a transfer is seemingly ‘imminent’, according to reports from Pianeta Empoli (via Radio Rossonera).
Whether it will be a dry loan remains to be seen, and the report suggests a buy-clause could be included in the deal, but the figure would be high.