There were more eyebrows raised during the defeat against Fiorentina on Saturday night as Tiemoue Bakayoko was again given minutes off the bench.
Pietro Mazzara talks about the ‘strange case of Bakayoko’ in his weekly column for MilanNews, recalling that for a year and a half he has been outside of the plans of head coach Stefano Pioli having not made a single appearance this season before he got a few minutes at the end of the game against Monza.
In January the club tried in every way to find the Frenchman new accommodation yet Bakayoko decided to stay until the end of his loan deal, so it was presumed that he would continue to be on the outside looking in until June.
However, his introduction against Monza was motivated by Pioli’s desire to add height given the number of crosses coming into the penalty area. Then on Saturday evening he was preferred to both Aster Vranckx and Tommaso Pobega, which is somewhat strange given that the Rossoneri were changing the game.
