AC Milan are perhaps not as young as they were a couple of years ago during the lockdown-affected season, but they are still far younger than rival teams.
Ever since Elliott Management took over the club in 2018 the emphasis of the ownership – something which has continued into RedBird Capital’s tutelage – has been to invest in young talent.
During the 2020-21 season, when calculating the average age using the usual starting XI, the Rossoneri were at 24 years and 323 days which made them the third-youngest team in Europe in the ‘top five’ leagues.
Now, the age of the Milan team – taken as an average of the 28 players that officially form the squad – is 25.7 years. While this is above what it was during the 2020-21 season it is not by much, and it makes them the 10th-youngest in Serie A.
How does it compare to rivals? Inter are the oldest team in the league at 28.2 years, with Lazio second-oldest at 27. Roma (26.7) and Juventus (26.6) also crack the top five. Atalanta are surprisingly at 26.2 and Napoli at 26.
That means that Milan are the only one of the ‘top seven’ clubs in Italy to have an average age below 26.
#ACMilan's squad is the 10th-youngest in Serie A by average age. Inter, Lazio, Roma and Juventus are all among the five oldest squads in the league.
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— MilanData📊 (@acmilandata) September 4, 2023
I think it is still old enough to compete at the top of euro. We aren’t young team anymore, 25-26 years old is the prime years of a footballers.
27-30 are the prime years I think
Giroud pretty much adds 1 year to the result lol.
There’s little point getting excited about young squads since the players rarely stick around long enough to get old.
True..I can already see that Mike, Theo and Leao will be sold within the next 3 years
But the media keep banging on about it whilst at the same time pushing endless transfers.
You two stop crying, you obviously dont think Milan will win CL and get back to where it belongs. I gurantee that newither of you would make the same comment for Real Madrid
Sick of fans like you. Feel free to change red to blue any time, you will not be missed.
I gurantee you were the likes that the season we win Seria A you thought it was going to be Inter.
What does bemoaning the fact that players that we watch this season won’t be around next season have to do with Milan winning the CL, other than making it harder to win the CL?
I mean we are all collectively supporting an almost entirely different team to the team we supported 3 years ago, and no doubt in 3 years time we will be supporting a different set of players.
But the brand name will be same. A bit like going into McDonald’s – the staff might change every few months but the brand is the same….and the food is shit.
What does bemoaning the fact that players that we watch this season won’t be around next season have to do with Milan winning the CL, other than making it harder to win the CL?
I mean we are all collectively supporting an almost entirely different team to the team we supported 3 years ago, and no doubt in 3 years time we will be supporting a different set of players.
But the brand name will be same. A bit like going into McDonald’s – the staff might change every few months but the brand is the same and the food is terrible.
That means a lot of Milan young players still have potential to become better. Leao, Okafor, Palisic Kalulu, Reijnders, and even Theo are not in their golden age.
I salute Maldini, Masara, and Moncada who made Milan center at young players 👏
What does bemoaning the fact that players that we watch this season won’t be around next season have to do with Milan winning the CL, other than making it harder to win the CL?
I mean we are all collectively supporting an almost entirely different team to the team we supported 3 years ago, and no doubt in 3 years time we will be supporting a different set of players.
But the brand name will be same. A bit like going into McDonald’s – the staff might change every few months but the brand is the same….and the food is terrible.