Ardon Jashari is someone that could play a key role at AC Milan in his second season, at least in Ruben Amorim’s eyes.
Tuttosport recall how Igli Tare invested a lot on Jashari almost a year ago and the club remain convinced he can become a great player. However, Massimiliano Allegri never truly put the Swiss in a position to express himself in his preferred role.
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Allegri himself, in a press conference, said he would have liked Jashari to play in a two-man midfield, which is precisely the position where he excelled at Club Brugge. Ruben Amorim plays with a double pivot, and on his whiteboard he has Jashari in the engine room alongside Adrien Rabiot.
Time for the ‘real Jashari’?
Essentially, Jashari would be a dynamic playmaker with the ability to move into the opposition’s penalty area. Here we are, at least in theory, looking at the heir to Luka Modric who is not expected to remain.
Jashari, in his second year at Milan, will be called upon to resume his development after a difficult first season, marked by the serious injury at the end of August 2025 when he suffered a compound fracture of his right fibula.
The post-World Cup period will be a time of rest but also of learning for the Swiss. Amorim – who is currently watching a significant number of AC Milan matches from last season – believes Jashari could become an important player due to his style of play.
What style? He wants a Milan with a higher centre of gravity, greater aggression, and an almost immediate ability to spring attacks. These are things that were rarely seen under Allegri last season, given that the next Napoli coach’s idea was to contain and counter.
In the revolving doors of the midfield (Youssouf Fofana and Ruben Loftus-Cheek can leave, with Samuele Ricci getting more space and Rabiot’s future still undecided) Jashari’s name appears to be one of the most solid.
He will arrive later than other players who will be able to start working as early as July 13th under Amorim (including Christian Comotto, who is aiming to remain with the senior squad). For now, he aims to repay Murat Yakin’s faith in North America.
The summer of 2026 could be a sliding doors moment for Jashari, the €38m man that Milan invested in last summer. Amorim believes in him, and then it will be up to the boy to deliver.
Imagine calling a 23-year-old a €38m flop because he couldn’t express himself while recovering from a broken leg in an Allegri ‘contain and counter’ terror-ball system. 💀
Amorim actually wants to play front-foot football with a double pivot, exactly where he cooked at Brugge. The receipts are being kept. Get ready to eat your words?
You mean the guy that is behind Aebischer from Pisa in the Swiss team? Ok.
Aebischer played 35 games for Pisa in 25/26.
Jashari played 14 games for Milan in 25/26 coming back from a nasty injury and was used out of position.
Cut the cr*p.
So what? Jashari was injured in the first half of season, and then played most in the end. Just in time to get into some form and be well rested. If he was that good like you people keep writing, he’d play. He would at least get some minutes when the team is doing bad and are chasing goals? No, he didn’t get a single minute. They spent money on a guy without any character. Maybe Tare even took some money on the side. Cut the cr*p about some world class talent that I can’t see. He did good in Belgian league. That is it.
He signed for Milan on 6th of August, broke his foot on 28th of August. He had no proper time to adjust and settle to anything due to his injury.
Tonali, Kessie, Hakan, they all had horrible first seasons.
Turn off your FM and go touch grass.
Wow “turn off your FM an go touch grass”.
Ok re*ard.
I forgot the most important part.
Pisa in Serie A
38 games
2 wins
12 draws
24 losees
26 goals scored
71 goals conceded.
Even if you played 100% of minutes for a team that collected 18 points in the whole season shouldn’t be positive. ? 😀
The problem wasn’t Jashari. The problem was that he was overpaid for as a backup to Modric. Would have been a decent 20mil gamble that could succeed in the absence of the Croatian. But now he pretty much has to succeed to not be a complete flop.
I do wish him good luck.
I have read 100 stories about Jashari and how good he is. Meanwhile, he is behind a Pisa player in the Swiss team. He won’t get 10 minutes in the world cup in total.
100% accurate!
For everybody there advocating for Ardon – Adrien double pivot, you should know that it wouldn’t work because they are both (predominantly) left-footed. Give me just one example of that kind of a midfield at the highest level of football, a successful one.
Jashari and Rabiot not working has nothing to do with both of them being left footed. You don’t need 1 right footed and 1 left footed midfielder for a double pivot to work
I agree. I think it won’t work because Jashari doesn’t have the character to be a top player. He thinks he is already a top player and talks like that in interviews but on the field – 0.
Yes, you do but that’s not the only reason, I agree.
*not the only reason why that pair wouldn’t work, just to be clear
Cambiasso and Motta. Inter won a treble the only time in their history. Xhaka and Odegard 3 years ago. Ruiz and Merino, they won Euros 2024 with them playing there.
Inter- Motta was a squad rotation player as a sub for Zanetti and that was 16 years ago (obsolete);
Arsenal- not a double pivot I am referring to here, they had a DMC behind them;
Spain- I didn’t watch the Euro but I’m pretty sure Rodri was in the(ir) starting lineup, not Merino.
” you should know that it wouldn’t work because they are both (predominantly) left-footed. Give me just one example of that kind of a midfield at the highest level of football, a successful one.”
LOL. Most of the midfields all around the world are made of entirely right-footed players. You do understand the conflict of your statement?
“In professional football, the ratio of left-footed to right-footed players is roughly 1:4, with about 20% of players being left-footed and 80% right-footed”
It just wouldn’t function in a long run (was asking for such examples, not some ad hoc or short-term solutions), I’m sure you get the point no matter how you bend and twist the discussion & debate.
Pair Jashari with Hjulmand and we have ourselves a balanced midfield.
Pair Rabiot with Hjulmand and we have more than a balanced double pivot.
Agree, if Rabiot stays of course.
Exactly, 2 players with actual character, good both offensively and defensively. And none of those 2 needs excuses for another year before being sold. Jashari can be an ok backup.
Oliver you need to go back to bed and get some rest. This is pure fantasy….Jashari was a complete disaster and is average at best. And if anyone thinks Ricci is better than what he has shown, well…keep dreaming, he isn’t! The Invisible man! good grief Charlie Brown!
The tactical analysis in here is comedy gold.
First of all, crying about a double pivot having two lefties while 90% of football history has played with two righties is an all-time ‘bend the narrative’ cope.
Second, judging a kid’s ‘character’ because he didn’t single-handedly rescue a broken, ultra-defensive Allegri side while playing out of position on a half-healed fibula is hilarious. Ted already cleared the floor with the Tonali and Kessie receipts some of you never learn.
Amorim doesn’t play cross-and-pray football. Jashari’s profile is about quick line-breaking passes and spatial awareness. If you can’t see the vision for him or a potential Hjulmand pairing under a progressive manager, just say you only watch the ball and move on
Hi Milanzei All those great attributes you are describing…sounds great, but Jashari did not show one single shred of any of those qualities. Not one. His profile? I only care about what he does ON the pitch! And what did he deliver? Nothing, absolutely nothing. But maybe he is better next season. As of today, I’d say he is a squad player, not a leader or dominant force that Milan needs. Our best hope is that Modric stays. Even at 40+ he is light years better then Jashari.
Judging jashari down like this in his first season is funny. Same way we lost cdk. Tonali struggled in his first season even kessie. Tonali had to cut his salary so we wud redeem his loan. Also jashari was injured, then coming back allegri swapped his role with ricci so he mostly played out of position with no real consistency. Let’s all wait for this new season before saying he is a flop. Same way I won’t say ricci is a flop cos he wud have been d perfect modric heir as he is more comfortable playing that 6 role as seen during pre seasons. But genius allegri put everyone in whatsoever position he liked
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Guess you’re willing to give them “It’s their first season, they will come good, just you watch” excuse as well….or no? Thought not.