Club Name: AC Milan
Year Founded: 1899
Status: Proffessional
Reputation: Continental
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Stadium Name: San Siro
Stadium Capacity: 87074 all-seater
Stadium Condition: Good
Youth Facilities: Excellent Youth Facilities + Youth Academy
Youth Recruitment: Well-Established Youth Recruitment
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Club Legends: Marco Van Basten, Paolo Maldini, Franco Baresi
Fierce Rivals: Juventus, Roma, Inter Milan, Genoa, Lazio
Other Rivals: Sampdoria, Atlanta, Verona, Livorno, Caligari, Napoli, Fiorentina
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Introduction
Despie posessing facilites that many other clubs would envy, AC Milan has always been critcized and rightly so for it overage and overpaid footballing squad and its dearth of quality Coaches. The Situation is not made any better by the fact that the Owner refuses to provide the new manager with any sort of transfer budget that can combat this problem thus forcing him to sell if he wants to buy.
Despite the several critics of the squad, there is no doubt that it is filled with quite a few quality players some of whom you should look to keep in your starting line-up no matter what formation you choose to play:
Allesandro Nesta- CB
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his guy is an AC Milan Legend, Although he is not the best CB around and he will only get worse at his age, he is solid at the back if you play him in an uncomplicated and simple role and he is also a inspirational captian
his guy is an AC Milan Legend, Although he is not the best CB around and he will only get worse at his age, he is solid at the back if you play him in an uncomplicated and simple role and he is also a inspirational captian
Gennaro Gattuso- DMC/MC
This guy is phenonmenal. His work rate and stamina is amazing and he can run all day. He can easily break up oppositions play and you always find him being the one to get the ball from the opposition. Play him as a Ball-Winning Midfielder or Defensive Midfielder.
Andrea Pirlo- DMC/MC
There is no doubt in my mind that Andrea Pirlo is one of the best passers in the game. His vision and creativity makes Deep-Lying Playmaker to be his ideal role so that he has enough space and time to work his magic! If you do not intend to play him in your team, I suggest you stop reading this Guide now!
Zlatan Ibrahimovic-St
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bra is one of the best strikers in the game today due to his all round attributes. He can play in any role and still destroy the opposition,. Its important to praise him alot to make sure that attitude of his is kept in check but if you suceed in making sure he has a high morale every game then he will destroy any team in the league for you.
Housekeeping
Sadly you are given no transfer budget at the start of the season no matter what aim you chose although you are given a sizeable wage budget of 3.8 million due to some of the monstrous wages some of your team have. This will have to change right away.
Also as soon as you start the game, request the board to improve the Youth Facilities, they will accept your offer and when it finishes, you will be developing some of the best regens in the world.
Goalkeepers:
Christian Abbiati
Flavio Roma
Marco Amelia ( On Loan from Genoa)
A very decent position which is ageing but does not need strengthening in the first season. Abbiati is solid between the posts while Roma is more than a capable back-up. I usually sell Roma off and buy Carlos Kameni in the second season to groom him into my future Starting Goalkeeper.
In:
Carlos Kameni (Second Season)
Out:
Flavvio Roma (Second Season)
Right-Backs:
Gianlucca Zambrotta
Daniele Bonera
Massimo Oddo
Sokratis Papasthathopolous
Luca Antonini
Bruno Montelongo ( On Loan from River Plate)
One of the positions AC Milan have real strength in depth, Zambrotta will be your starter here while Oddo is your back-up as Sokratis and Bonera are natural CBs.
However they provide adequate cover when needed. However Zambrotta eats up a lot of your wages hence I sell him in January or my second season and buy Diego Renan when the Chairman will actually provide me with a good transfer budget. However it is up to you as to when you want to sell him.
I also terminate the loan of Bruno Montelongo as he is not fantastic and will hardly add much to the squad plus he is also a non-EU National so he is uneccesarily taking up that coveted Non-EU National spot
Oddo always eats up too much wages for a back-up so I try to sell him as soon as I can and get a decent back-up on loan or tansfer such as Van Der Wiel
In:
Diego Renan
Gregory Van Der Wiel
Out:
Gianlucca Zambrotta
Massimo Oddo
Centre-Backs:
Alessandro Nesta
Thiago Silva
Sokratis Papastatthopolous
Oguchi Onyewu
Daniele Bonera
Mario Yepes
An overfilled position which you can definetly look to sell players off from. Oguchi is useless and eats up sizeable wages, sell him as fast as possible. Daniele Bonera can be kept as he provides cover for two positions but its up to you. No strengthening needed in this position until Alessandro Nesta calls it quits.
In:
Nobody
Out:
Oguchi Onyewu
Daniele Bonera?
Mario Yepes
Mario Yepes
Left-Backs
Gianlucca Zambrotta
Luca Antonini
Marek Jankulovski
This is a position which should be your top priority in the transfer market. Zambrotta is already covering the Right Back position while Luca Antonini and Jankulovski are nowehere near close enough to having the quality to be a first-teamer. I recommend selling of Jankulovski as he is old and will hardly be of much use and buying Dodo and rotating him with Luca Antonini for the position.
Dodo is cheap and in a few years time will have the ability to becoming your starting Left-Back so there is no need to worry here
In:
Dodo
Out:
Marek Jankulovski
Central Midfielders
Andrea Pirlo
Gennarro Gattuso
Massimo Ambrosini
Mathieu Flamini
Ronaldinho
Clarence Seedorf
Robinho
A midfield clearly packed with some of the best players in the world, only selling is required here and some of these players may be great no doubt but they eat up horrendous wages which could be used to nurture much-needed youth instead.
I immediately would sell of Mathieu Flamini and Clarence Seedorf as they are on approximately 200k p/w and to be honest there are much better and younger players availiable on the market who would come for less.
Ronaldinho is also on wages which are a tad too high on 300k p/w although for sentimental reasons I keep him for the first season before selling him off. Although this choice is up to you as he is one of the clubs top earners and he is hardly young.
Pirlo, Ambrosini and Gattuso should be your main men here, please do not even think of selling them off anytime soon.
To cover for Ronaldinho, I usually buy Paulo Henrique who becomes one of the best AMCs in the game and I buy Marco Verratti who if developed properly develops into a beast of a player and is quite cheap too
In:
Paulo Henrique
Marco Verratti
Out:
Clarence Seedorf
Mathieu Flamini
Wingers
Ignazio Abate
Ronaldinho
Alexandrae Pato
I would suggest that you play narrow tactics without Wingers as Ignazio Abate is the only player who is natural in a Winger position in your squad. Atleast 3-4 more players will be needed if you want to play this position as Ronaldinho and Pato will not achieve much if you play them out of position and they are among your best players
Plus the money you spend on prospective wingers will be better used investing in Youth for the Club hence my suggestion is to stick to the narrow formation AC Milan are renowned for.
I would usually sell or loan off Ignazio Abate as he will not offer much in a narrow tactic
In:
Nobody
Out:
Ignazio Abate
Strikers
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Alexandrae Pato
Filippo Inzaghi
Robinho
You probably have the best striker force in Serie A. Nobody can doubt the quality of Pato and Ibrahimovic and they complement each other perfectly. Robinho is great cover and can recreate his old magic on occassion
However Inzaghi has all but hung up his boots and should be loaned or sold at the first opportunity. In his place I will suggest the popular Vaclav Kadlec who turns into the best striker in the world if developed right and is a similar player to Pato
In:
Vaclav Kadlec
Out:
Filippo Inzaghi
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