Another source have confirmed that AC Milan intend to register a second team in the 2024-25 edition of Serie C, after Juventus and Atalanta.
According to TMW, the talks over Milan registering a B-Team in the third division of Italian football at an advanced stage, because the club do not want to fall behind their rivals in Italy when it comes to having a pathway to develop talent.
Davide Bartesaghi signed his first professional contract with the Rossoneri yesterday and he is just 17, while Filippo Scotti also renewed and then there is Francesco Camarda among other talents on the rise.
Inter and Sassuolo have shown interest in registering a team for next year but Milan seem to have moved more concretely. What remains to be seen is what group they will be placed in and whether the rules for the inclusion of a further second team will possibly change.
The first problem is that Milan cannot be placed in the group of Atalanta or Juventus, therefore no group A or B. They will have to be placed in C – that is the one of the teams from the south – with a lot of long away trips.
Milan would have to pay a non-refundable sum of €1.5m to register, but if no one in Serie C were to fail to register, there would be no spare place to take.
For example, Atalanta took the place of Siena who did not present the €1.5m registration fee. It will be a theme to discuss towards the end of the season, but what is certain is that the Rossoneri plan to have an U23 team for the 2024-25 season.
