Alexis Saelemaekers is almost always available to head coach Stefano Pioli but he has not yet found a consistent level of performances, a report claims.
MilanNews reports how Saelemaekers has racked up 34 appearances in 34 seasonal games between the league, the Coppa Italia and the Champions League, meaning the Belgian is the only Milan player to have played in every game. Sandro Tonali is behind him, having missed only one match against Spezia at San Siro on January 17.
The former Anderlecht man is not a player who guarantees a good number of goals across the season, but he does a lot of ‘dirty’ work and gives a safe amount of coverage on the right side when left flank – featuring Theo Hernandez and Rafael Leao – decide to push forward.
Saelemaekers has scored 2 goals and has 3 assists this season to this point and has been up and down recently, forcing Pioli to turn towards Junior Messias, who has has started four times in the last five games with the exception being the derby when Messias came on.
The Rossoneri No.56 too often lacks the right choice or the key play to put his team-mates in on goal or to score himself but given his young age and his technical quality, the feeling is that time is on his side and – like Leao – an explosion could come.
