The player who has improved the most since joining Milan is Franck Kessie. The Ivorian has also lived through complicated seasons, but for a year now he has made the leap in quality that leads him to be a modern, complete and decisive midfielder for the Rossoneri. The growth is not only on the pitch, thanks to the 9 goals scored and the fundamental plays for the team’s victories, but he is a boy much appreciated by his teammates, and together with Ibrahimovic he is one of the players who helps those in difficulty the most. Milan know of the importance of Kessie and already in December they established the first contacts with their agent George Atangana to extend the contract. The idea is to arm him until 2026 with a doubled salary. Money that Milan would gladly spend on an element of absolute value like Kessie. Maldini and Massara have been on the move for some time, but they are aware that the big Premier teams have always liked Franck and at any moment they could knock on his agent’s door. The consistency of Kessie should be emphasized, who did not leave when he had the opportunity to leave Milan, and also lived through difficult months. In Milan he is fine and has no intention of changing. The priority is the extension with a salary increase. Work in progress.
“We await the stop of the national teams to catch our breath”. It is the classic phrase used by coaches (all, in general) at the end of a long period of close commitments. Then if we think for a moment we realize that in teams like Milan over 15 players will leave for the national teams, with commitments all over the world (often long and tiring journeys) and in Milanello poor Stefano Pioli will remain with a very small group of players. , and will be able to work with the full team only when the players return, or in the last 4 days before the next championship match. A problem that arises every year, and we are lucky if the players all return intact, because then there is the big joke when the athletes suffer injuries from the national teams. Milan have already paid duty for the whole season, they have never had the formation completely available due to physical problems, and now the commitments with the national teams are also arriving. The truth is that Milanello will empty and few will be able to enjoy the “rest” during the break. Ibrahimovic, who returns to the national team at the age of 40 is certainly a good story, but it is still risky for a player who has had to face several muscular problems in recent months. The Swede only returned to the group yesterday and his presence is too important for the rest of the season. The hope at Milanello is that Zlatan will use the national team to put in minutes and return intact for the match against Sampdoria.
Unfortunately for Milan the emergency in attack will continue in the next few days due to a great nonsense committed by Ante Rebic during the match against Napoli. Surely the Croatian during the match experienced difficult moments and exasperation for how the game was going, but the red card worsened the situation of Milan. Rebic will miss against Fiorentina and Sampdoria, further limiting the choices of Pioli who has to face the absences of Mandzukic, the return of Ibrahimovic and the ailments of Leao. An offensive department that has totally jammed and in the last 9 games has produced only one goal from play (the one in Rome by Rebic). Without Zlatan he doesn’t score anyone and this is another big problem to solve in view of the last part of the season.
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