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Pre Season Preview
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England win Euro 2020. Harry Kane scores a hatrick at Wembley. Italys exit at the last 16 leads to another change of manager but again i turned away at the front door.
A second summer where the club were heavy on transfers out as we continue to try free up some room for the kids coming through. This years class being particularly great.
Class of 2020
We start with Dutch defender
Hans Versluis signed from Ajax and already had a share of first team action.
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Gianluca Leonardi developed quickly in his first season and has since played a role in Pescara's run in Serie A
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Gian Felicioli like the Giggs of United class of 92 is a few years older than the rest. Has served his time with 2 full seasons at Torino & Sassuolo.
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Samuele Meduri is the first of two midfielders that have had plenty first team exposure. Coaches have regularly told me how he can be far better than Mauri
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Davide Violante is the other. Has made 58 appearances and i've always resisted the temptation to loan out my only "once in a generation" player so he can be a one club man and i hope he is to be the stand out for our next generation Milan team.
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Michal Capek is being developed to be the Phil Neville of the bunch. Able to play all across the back line. Real Madrid have already been round with there cheque book.
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Combine these guys with last years graduates
Moise Vlad-Paul, Antonino Vergine, Joseph Taravella & Resul Gumus the year before and the amazing addition of
Henk Van Der Laan right into the first team will have the 30+ club of Thiago, Bonaventura & Abate worried for the starting potential going forward.
Manager Changes
Italy - Massimo Oddo
Pescara - Genaro Gattuso
Germany - Roger Scmidt
Leverkusen - Luis Enrique
Both changes were based on the International moves above. Italy still wont talk to me after our past experience. Oddo got that job.
Targets
Serie A - Winners
Italian Cup - Solid Cup run
Champions League - Semi Finals
Semi Finals in the Champions League is the minimum target set by the board but especially after Real Madrid lifted the trophy last year i want it back!
Transfer Window
Only two additions both go to fill the considerable gaps in the U19s
AC Milan
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In
Two Youths
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Out
Failed to break the £100m barrier but came close enough. Biggest sale was mentioned in the end of season post.
John Stones wouldnt sign a new deal and forced a move seemingly to Man City but Tottenham & PSG beat the City offer and out of the three he chose Spurs for just over £40m. Had him penciled into the defense for another 4-5 years at least. One of the youth are going to have to step up now! Another point raised at the end of season was our overflowing center of midfield. If im honest Thiago was my no1 man to move on but no offers came in so i accepted bids from Atletico Madrid for
Alessandro Mastalli £17m and West Ham for
Andrea Bertolacci £10m. Mastalli was part of my future but there is plenty more where he came from despite a brilliant 1st season i had to move someone on. Bertolacci was more personal. His goals fired me to my first league title. He was the force in the midfield for that first season and can leave the club proud of what he achieved. Final player of note on the way out was
Fran Villalba. On another day he would have turned into the face of the club but just arrived at the wrong time with Bonaventura & Sisto locking down the starting spots, Firmino as the back up and 3/4 u19s fighting to break through as well. Joins what may be the most exciting team next season judging by there transfers.
Serie A Transfers
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Juventus join us in making a huge profit they finally top a table haha by selling both wingers Kingsly Coman £50m, Kwadwo Asamoah to Torino free. They sure made up for it by making some top signings. Top young international striker on the market Almir came from Shakhtar, Serbian wonderkeeper Predrag Rajkovic also joins from the East. Adding domestic stars Erik Lamela & Nicola Murru along with the following two plays amazingly on a free Bilal Ould-Chikh & Alen Halilovic.
Inter also splashed the cash they made from selling there old folks home. Sven Bender, enemy of previous football manager saves Jhon Arango, two Real Madrid players Rafik Zekhnini & Marco Asensio.
Torino added El Shaarawy to the list of awesomness i've already mentioned.
Lazio the only other side to spend over £10m while the league loose its usual haul of players to the higher playing leagues.
World Transfer
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PSG, Bayern & Atletico try and spend there way into the Champions League picture and Dont Laugh at Man City spending £38m on Brian Dobson. i did but i'm not now.
Champions League Draw
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Every time it came to our team we got the strongest side left. Barcelona will be a great battle for top spot, Shakhtar may have just lost there best player but i doubt we'll walk over them.
Italian Super Cup
AC Milan 5-1 Cagliari
Calleri 2
Mauri 2
Sisto
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Olympics robbed us of several starting players but the backbone of our team came up big to hold onto our trophy
AC Milan Squad 2020
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Bench looks like a a day care center. Only change to the starting team is the center back. Vlad-Paul gets the heads up for starting but its not secure by any means.
