AC Milan need to reinforce their midfield as a result of Tijjani Reijnders’ departure, and sporting director Igli Tare has three players in mind.
It will be very difficult to replace Reijnders, that much is certain, but Milan have to give it a proper go in order to remain competitive for next season. According to today’s edition of Tuttosport, as cited by MilanNews, Tare has three players in mind: Javi Guerra, Luka Modric and Granit Xhaka.
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In other words, we are talking about a mix of international experience, winning mentality and potential. At the age of 22, Guerra obviously represents the latter and negotiations with Valencia, as was also told by Matteo Moretto, will require a lot of patience.
Modric has more or less been secured, but the Croatian opted to wait until after the Club World Cup to carry out the medical tests for Milan. He wants to end the Real Madrid tenure with no distractions, and it also made sense for the Rossoneri to wait in the event of an injury.
As for Xhaka, an agreement has seemingly been reached with the player but negotiations with Bayer Leverkusen are still ongoing. The German side are reportedly asking for around €15m, while Milan are currently at around €10m.
Getting these three signings over the line would certainly be a step in the right direction for the Rossoneri. The pre-season will start at the beginning of July and ideally, most of the signings will be done by then (or at least shortly after).
The only players I am more confident among those three is Xhaka
Since we are signing 30+ players now, we may as well sign Patey from Arsenal on a free.
I would rather sign someone in their prime or about to enter, if we are already getting Xhaka + Modric…
A lot better than Musah, RLC, Reijnders, Fofana, Bondo replacing Tonali.
I would like to take what you took cus i know for sure you don high
Apart from Reijnders who impressed you? Who actually made any impact from that bunch? Take a good look at the standings after the season without being biased.
You must have ran out of characters because you seemed to be missing Hakan and Kessie. The 2 midfielders that actually weren’t properly replaced with the mentioned signings. Tonali was replaced and upgraded with Reijnders.
Folks still comparing these two. Tonali and Reijnders are completely different players🤦
Milan will sell Musah for sure but Bondo should be sold too. He joined in January but he’s not the right fit for this squad.
Allegri will keep RLC because of his size and physicality but Milan should sign Bouaddi from Lille who in my opinion is a better fit than Bondo.
Having Xhaka, Guerra, Modric who will be the 3 starters next season it makes sense to have RLC, Bouaddi and Fofana as well for quality players on the bench.
Bouaddi is too expensive for them Americans. Also Guerra has the same height as RLC
ok so who/what are you keeping for depth? Hopes and dreams?
We should sign Habib Diarra and Lamine Camara.
There are more closer to Reijnders. Also instead of Xhaka we should bring Florentino Louis as his passing is too high to not act.
Also for winger Dominguez from bologna from the league and outside I’ll say Zerghova Malick Fofana
Alex Baena Barrenetxea Yeremy Pino Antonio Nusa
Oh yes relegation battle should be exciting next season!
Imagine, Xhaka 33 alongside Fofana and the Spanish kid with 40 yo Modric as backup for all positions.
We’re cooking
Pulisic should join Napoli, he’d do well there. They building a good team
Tare hasn’t signed anyone yet and the official transfer window isn’t even open yet… Who knows what this team will look like come start of the season.
Keep expectations low.
exactly. let’s see on the end. for now the squad seems terrible for me.