The Rossoneri sporting director: “We will evaluate Musah in the coming hours. In defense, we have returned to last year’s mistakes, hence the change in formation. After Cremonese, I was traumatized.”

A portrait of candor, as rarely happens when the sporting director of a big club speaks a few minutes before the kickoff of a match. Igli Tare, on the pitch at Via del Mare in Lecce, clarified all the hottest topics concerning Milan. Starting with the attack, he confirmed that the evolution of events could bring further changes.

“Is the attack complete? Numerically, right now, I think so. However, we are also considering an exchange with Gimenez (i.e., with Dovbyk in Rossonero, ed.) as an alternative: we will see if it is feasible. Keep them together? It will not be possible. Playing one game a week, we need to have the right squad: in that case, it would only be an exchange, otherwise we will remain as we are.”

akanji—  “We haven’t received a response yet, we haven’t convinced him yet. This change in formation in recent days has caused us some difficulties: we need to be good in the final hours to bring in an experienced player. Akanji has that experience and also has the quality to play for Milan.”
musah—  “We’ll evaluate after the game. We have an agreement with Atalanta, but Jashari’s injury has complicated the situation. We’ll decide tomorrow.”
formation—  “In defense, we’re back to where we were last year, with mistakes resulting from carelessness and marking, so it was decided to change the formation (from 4-3-3 to 3-5-2, ed.) to give the team more security and guarantees.”
Cremonese shock—  “Was I taken aback after the game against Cremonese? Traumatized, I’d say. It’s been a nightmare week. We need to get back to winning ways because winning gives you confidence and peace of mind.”

Nkunku—  “A player who has always been on our radar. We tried to complete the forward line, especially after Leao’s injury, we saw that we were lacking speed. A move that until a few days ago was not possible due to the costs, but then the conditions changed.”