Noah Okafor is now viewed as AC Milan’s backup striker by Paulo Fonseca rather than Luka Jovic with the Serbian not currently impressing the new coach.
As reported by Tuttosport (via Milan News), Okafor could be set for a much better season with Milan than he had in 2023/24 under Stefano Pioli.
Okafor struggled with injuries during his first season with the club but he did make an impact occasionally from the bench.
He has clearly retained that knack as he came off the bench in the season opener against Torino and scored the equalising goal in what was a very positive cameo.
That performance has helped move him ahead of Luka Jovic in the pecking order at Milan, with Alvaro Morata being the first-choice striker when fit.
For that reason, Okafor is expected to start the match against Parma on Saturday with Morata out injured, and Jovic will take a place on the bench. The Serbian was much more effective from the bench than from the start last season.
Okafor also brings some versatility as he can be used on the wings if there are plenty of injuries, whereas Jovic is only able to play as the central striker in this Milan team.
Jovic needs to go out! Ommoridion is a perfect young strong striker that Atletico needs to get rid of.
Can we just once try the loan+option/obligation formula if we are broke?!
RLC, Pobega and Adli also out and get Kone!
9/10 Mercato!
Omorodion has 4 more years on his contract and is 20 years old and a Spanish international player do you really expect him to be sold for anything less than 50 mil ? Sure it would be a nice transfer but it ain’t happening.
RLC wont go anywhere either.
35M was the asking price they told Chelsea… 5M loan with 30M as option/obligation…
Ok wasn’t aware of that King22, seems like a fairly cheap price for an upcoming Spanish international.
Not really sure we would still fork up that amount for one player at present.
Do you know why Chelsea decided to back off? Because he isn’t worth the money! This guy is overhyped and should have a market value of 15 million at most otherwise why aren’t teams interested in him.