The powerful acceleration of the last few hours has swept away all doubts: the Frenchman from Crystal Palace is the new name for the Rossoneri attack. Age, cost, prospects and… the French friends at Milanello: the reasons for choosing him and Allegri’s plans for the Rossoneri attack
I know it flag green on the name of Jean-Philippe Mateta if it arrived immediately, it would be an absolute novelty in the last decade compared to the Rossoneri parameters. The purchase of a center forward whose contract is not expiring, at the height of his footballing maturity (28 years old, 29 in June), on a permanent basis and picked up in the winter transfer market would truly be a first for Milan. In the winters of recent years, some attackers have actually arrived, but always on different bases. Gimenez was 23 years old, Piatek was also quite young, Mandzukic and Ibra had joined the Devil on a free transfer, while Füllkrug arrived on loan. This time everything could be different and this makes it clear both the needs encountered in attack by the coach and management, and how much the company philosophy has changed over the last few years: once upon a time there was the guideline of purchases under 25, at a low cost, no matter if it still needs to be refined. The essential thing was to get our hands on profiles that could potentially be resold with ease and economic satisfaction. The basic concept remains, but if the right opportunity arises it can also be derogated from.
