German defender Malick Thiaw is set to become the second tallest player in the AC Milan squad when his move is confirmed, a report claims.
As has been stated on football transfers database Transfermarkt, Thiaw stands at 194 centimetres tall which means that he is the second tallest player Milan have right now, narrowly beaten by Zlatan Ibrahimovic who is 195 centimetres tall.
He has not officially signed but he is expected to be landing in Milan to undergo his medical on Sunday afternoon or Monday morning.
He is joining from Bundesliga side Schalke 04, for a reported fee of €6 million and he only turned 21 years old very recently.
There have been many comparisons between Liverpool defender Joel Matip who was also signed from Schalke in Germany.
Thiaw made 31 appearances in the Schalke defence in the 2.Bundesliga last season as the side from Gelsenkirchen managed to get back to the top division at the first time of asking. They will now have to deal without him.
Ibrahimovic is tallest 196 cm
Guess I never saw this guy playing, but I trust our scouts. Welcome, Malick, FORZA!
Now Milan has someone to throw at Haaland when we meet ManCity on our way to Istanbul
Haha the boy is certainly tall.
I thought Tatarusanu was approx 2.00m ??
Tatarusanu and Zlatan are taller, and Giroud is just behind.
Read the title again
They changed it.
My bad then!
They changed it to second tallest. But ibra and tatsrusanu are taller, so it’s still wrong!
Tatarasanu is not an outfield player. So there are right with their heading..
It is not about how tall he is, can he play football……from what I have seen, both his stats and last match, dude is pure below average
Only time will tell if he should have gone to NBA…
His last match performance surely was affected by knowing he’ll be on his way to Milan in the next 1-2 days.
@kossy, so you know more than milan head scout Moncanda yet you’re behind the keypad?
Oga rest joor, and let people that knows their job do it…
Did you know kalulu when he was bought? I bet you said the same thing about him too then🙄
Aswear, people be acting like they know the job better than M and M. They should rest and allow the guy play first before they start spewing things.