MILANO, Italy – February 18: AC Milan’s Santiago Gimenez won the second leg match between AC Milan and Fayenode at Sanciro Stadium in Milan, Italy on February 18, 2025 in the knockout playoff second leg match of the 2024/25 league. (Photo: Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)
Milan’s director Igli Tare has accepted that he will “decid tomorrow” whether to trade Santiago Gimenez for Artem Dovic of Rome, sell Yunus Musa to Atalanta and wait for Manuel Acandi.
Their match against Serie A kicks off on Stadio via Del Mare at 19.45 UK Time (18.45 GMT).
You can follow all the buildups and actions as happens in this game and live blogs in Cremonese vs. Sassoro.
After the worst start of the Serie A season, pressure has already arisen, suffering from the humiliating 2-1 home defeat by the newly declared Cremonese.
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Christopher Nukank completed his travels from Chelsea today, completing 5 million euros plus 5 million euros to achieve the add-ons.
“The most difficult thing is making the right choice,” Tare told Sky Sport Italia.
“Nkunku has always been on our radar, so we found that the pace of attack was lacking, especially after the injury of Rafael Leao, which is why we took this option into consideration.
“It was impossible until three or four days ago because the costs were completely different, but it worked well to make the most of the situation Chelsea was dealing with and end the agreement.”
There have been strong reports that Milan and Roma are about to trade another forward between Gimenez and Dovic this time, after Tammy Abraham and Alexis Ceremicas last season.
“In terms of numbers, we have the team we want. But we’re evaluating an alternative to the exchange that Guimenes involves. We’ll know after the game whether that’s possible,” Tare confirmed.
“We only have one game a week so we can’t keep both strikers. That’s probably only in the case of exchanges. Otherwise, we’re fine as we are.”
Yunus Musa was close to Naples, Nottingham Forest and Atalanta this summer, but may be staying with Rex tonight.
“We’ll evaluate it after the match. We have agreed with Atalanta, but Jashari’s injuries complicate the situation. We’ll make a decision tomorrow.”
Milan is in talks with Manchester City for Manuel Akanji, and the club accepts the 15 million euro proposal, but the players don’t seem to be convinced to come to San Siro.
“We haven’t received any responses from him yet, but this change in the system over the last few days has caused us some issues. We have to do well in the final 72 hours of the transfer session to bring in experienced players. Akanji also has experience and the quality needed to play for Milan.”
Max Alegri is looking at a variety of tactical systems, switching between three on the back and four against Cremonese and Rex.
“We carefully analyzed the situation at Max three months ago. We now saw two goals that we acknowledged for Cremonese. We went back to the past and acknowledged the goals with distractions and poor markings. So we decided to change the system to give our team more confidence,” Thea continued.
“I was hurt by the defeat to Cremonese. It was a nightmare week. Milan fans deserve a competitive team, so we need to win now. The club put us in a position to complete the team.
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