The AC Milan management are beginning to plan for next season, and they have made the signing of a winger one of their priorities.
For Milan, a lot of the focus is on finding the right sporting director to lead the new era, who in turn will have to make a decision on the head coach and also certain members of the squad, plus some key renewals. Igli Tare is the favourite at the moment, as per reports this morning.
Antonio Vitiello published his weekly column for MilanNews and among other topics he spoke about an area within the squad that the current management have already decided requires intervention.
“Milan are looking for an attacking winger for next season. The first moves have started a few days ago. The question is legitimate, but without a coach and sporting director how can Milan already move on the market?” he begins.
“Clearly there are some positions that will need to be strengthened regardless, but above all they want to get to the summer already with a range of available names to work on. Furthermore, Milan have put Chukwueze up for sale after two years of anonymity.
“He is one of the transferable ones on the market after he almost packed his bags in January to join Fulham. The deal fell through due to a question of time, but in the three summer months there will be plenty of time to find a solution.
“The Nigerian arrived in July 2023 with the intention of making his mark with the Rossoneri shirt and making a difference after a long negotiation with Villarreal, but except in rare cases in which he was the protagonist of good plays, he has always lived in Pulisic’s shadow.”
One of the things that the new coach will have to establish is a preferred formation, because a more permanent change to a three-man defence – after Friday’s experiment yielded great results – might change to profile of winger to try and pursue.
