The reaction from a real team shown by Stefano Pioli’s boys against Verona bodes well for the rest of the championship. The result was very bitter but a few years ago Milan would have lost such a match, without trying until the last second. No one can predict whether this AC Milan is for the Scudetto or the Champions League (it would be better not to put excessive pressure on the Rossoneri group) but it is a competitive formation, the best of the last 7 years. Milan can play it all the way and will put all opponents in difficulty. There are 19 useful results in a row in Serie A, from March to today Milan have never lost, and this must make it clear that they have reached a maturity that can play their cards this season.
Of course, the squad must be perfected and in fact grafts are expected during the January market. In addition to the renewals of Donnarumma and Calhanoglu, where at the moment that of the goalkeeper is less complicated than the extension of the Turkish (even if the management says they are confident for both), Milan is evaluating a series of players to strengthen the diesa. The track that leads to Ozan Kabak of Schalke 04 is still alive, contacts with the boy’s entourage continue and recently the German club’s ds left an open door to the Rossoneri. The offensive by Maldini and Massara ended for two reasons in September. The first concerns the economic request of Schalke, of over 25-30 million euros, while the second reason refers to the short time available to find a replacement for Kabak. In the last hours of the transfer market, Schalke would have lost a starter without having time for a deputy. Now, however, the German company is already taking steps to avoid being caught unprepared and to this is added the need to sell due to economic problems. So for Kabak the right conditions are being created for a new attempt in January, and Milan would like to try again on his terms, investing around 15 million euros. In defense Matteo Lovato, class 2000 of Verona and AC Milan opponent in the last league match, is very popular. Costs could be lower, and his agent Giuseppe Riso has excellent relations with Paolo Maldini and the Rossoneri club. Lovato would naturally be enthusiastic about the move to Milan and would be yet another profile in line with the Elliott philosophy, that is a young player with a perspective. Contacts with Hellas are continuing, and as Maldini admitted before the match against Verona, the boy was constantly monitored in this start to the championship.
The debate on deputy Ibra is open because Zlatan would like to play all of them and in case of rest both Leao and Rebic could replace him. But they are not players with the same characteristics as the Swedish giant. So today the management is quite cold on the acquisition of another striker, but in January if Milan were to travel at the pace of today, and therefore really try to fight for a miraculous first place, then the plan could change. No foreclosure, the property is willing to accommodate the moves of the management as long as they are advantageous and economically reasonable.
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