The saying goes that you don’t change a winning team. In football, however, it is often the opposite that happens and AC Milan should not escape it. Haloed by its first scudetto for 11 years, the Lombard club is also continuing in the Champions League after missing its 2021/2022 campaign (4th in group B, behind Liverpool, Atlético de Madrid and Porto). It will be a question of doing better and continuing this recovery over time. And then, the takeover by the American fund RedBirdalso owner of the New York Yankees (baseball) but also of Toulouse in football, will also change the situation.
In addition to the program departure of Franck Kessié and the Ibrahimovic case to be studied, the workforce will move this summer. Moreover, a first offer was refused. Roma said no to sell Nicolo Zaniolo in exchange for €25m in addition to Alexis Saelemaekers. We will have to do better to convince the Wolf, who will listen to the proposals for his attacking midfielder, but much higher. Arriving in Italy in the summer of 2020 for around €6 million, the 22-year-old Belgian was too intermittent to convince his management to keep him at all costs. His rating is good on the market and AC Milan could get a good offer from him. All these reasons lead to him being placed on the transfer list.
Milan wants to get rid of its second knives
The Italian club hopes to make at least €20m from it, but it is not the only one to be in this situation according to the Gazzetta dello Sport. Ante Rebic is invited at the start. Arrived for 6 M € from Eintracht Frankfurt as part of the exchange with André Silva, the Croatian would be worth three times more today. His second season in Serie A, although honorable, will have been much more difficult than the first, punctuated by injuries too, and the free arrival of Divock Origi would push him towards the exit. For the management, and as with Saelemaekers, the timing would be perfect for a sale.
The Fodé Ballo-Touré case will also have to be decided, but according to the daily with pink sheets, the left side, who arrived against 5 M€ from Monaco a year ago, will be put on the transfer list. The natural replacement for Theo Hernandez would not have convinced enough, even if, according to our information, no announcement to this effect was made to the African champion. For the elements on loan, like Tiémoué Bakayoko (Chelsea) and Brahim Diaz (Real Madrid), the reflection is still in progress, they who are still linked to the Italian champion for one season. It is not impossible to see them leaving prematurely, especially since they played much less at the end. Junior Messias and Alessandro Florenzi, on loan from Crotone and Roma, are heading for the exit.
