Massimiliano Allegri does not want a huge squad at AC Milan given the lack of European competitions, so there are players the remain in limbo.
La Gazzetta dello Sport (seen below) report that Max wants a maximum of 23 players including the goalkeepers, because the goal is to have no discontent in the dressing room and to keep the pace high in training for everyone.
With the empty midweeks due to the lack of participation in the European competitions, there will be no shortage of time to recover from weekend to weekend. In short, the need for rotation will no longer be pressing.
And then without the income arriving from UEFA, it is necessary to contain the amount of wages so that the accounts remain in order. This is why the squad – that from July 1 will see the return of the players who were loaned and not bought – will be streamlined.
Who could make way
Theo Hernandez will leave as soon as possible with Al-Hilal pushing hard. There are other cases to solve too though: Yacine Adli who is returning from his experience at Fiorentina, plus Lorenzo Colombo and Devis Vasquez who were at Empoli.
Ismael Bennacer was not bought by Marseille, Noah Okafor became a spectator in the Scudetto win for Napoli and Tommaso Pobega was not bought by Bologna. All of the aforementioned remain available for sale.
The story is different for Alexis Saelemaekers: Allegri likes the Belgian because of his tactical versatility and can be used both as a full-back and as a winger. In short, unless there is an irresistible offer, he will stay at Milanello.
Others will not. Among these are Yunus Musah, one or two centre-backs (Malick Thiaw and/or Fikayo Tomori) and Emerson Royal. Having too many dissatisfied players is not considered positive. Indeed, it is the first “rule” for the environment at Milanello to be positive from day one.
