MILAN – AC Milan officially signed Sandro Tonali from Brescia in the summer of 2020. The 20-year-old was transported with loan status for a season. Although borrowed, Rossoneri must pay a loan fee of 10 million Euros (equivalent to IDR 17.77 billion).
Actually, Sandro Tonali is more widely reported to be joining Inter Milan. The two parties even reached an agreement in April 2020. Unfortunately, the Italian player then turned away when AC Milan made an offer.
It turned out that Sandro Tonali only wanted to defend AC Milan. Because, the club that collected 18 Scudetto was the team he dreamed of as a child. Nicknamed player The Next Andrea Pirlo it was actually following in the maestro’s footsteps by defending The red devil.
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The arrival of Sandro Tonali clearly made coach Stefano Pioli free to design formations and formulate strategies. The 181 centimeter (cm) player can play as a defensive midfielder in front of the defenders, or stand parallel as a central midfielder.
The man born in Lodi will add creativity to AC Milan’s midfield. Despite playing inwards more often, Sandro Tonali recorded seven releases assist and scored one goal in the 2019-2020 Italian League which was his debut season.
On various occasions, Stefano Pioli launched a 4-2-3-1 formation. Of the two double pivot which is lowered, one usually plays a role in maintaining the rhythm of the ball. This role can be given to Sandro Tonali.
