Tectonic changes are happening at AC Milan. The team which won the Serie A title in 2022 and reached the UEFA Champions League semi-final last season is set to undergo massive changes before the start of the upcoming campaign. The biggest shock has already happened: sporting director and club legend Paolo Maldini is already gone after falling out with the club’s American owners. Everything that follows is like a domino effect – including a complete overhaul of the team’s attack.Divock Origi, Ante Rebic, Junior Messias and Luca Romero: three out of four have their suitcases packed and ready for departure from the red-and-black half of Milan – everyone apart from the young Argentinean former Lazio youngster. As things stand, Messias is in Bologna’s sights, and Besiktas would love to sign Croatian international winger Rebic. And Divock? His case deserves further investigation.While waiting to formalize the arrival of Christian Pulisic from Chelsea, Milan are working on the transfer market in search of a centre forward. Two seem to be the main objectives: Alvaro Morata of Atletico Madrid and Mehdi Taremi of Porto. Below are some of the terrible wages Milan are trying to offload. The previous directors had some great hits in the transfer market but also some bad misses. Origi, Messias and Rebic being on nearly €13m combined is something that needs to be sorted pic.twitter.com/4oM4OLeiYc— Matteo Bonetti (@Bonetti) July 9, 2023 The 28-year-old Belgian international’s first season was enough to sum up and decide: Origi is out of the project and is on the market. Just two goals in 36 games between Serie A and cups are close to his absolute career minimum: in 2020/21, at Liverpool, he had scored only one goal but played much less (17 games). In the Reds jersey, however, the competition was fierce – Salah, Mane, Firmino, Jota – while at Milan, Origi should have alternated only with Giroud. The hypothesis that never translated into reality: head coach Stefano Pioli waited for him and then trusted him without being repaid. ##NAJAVA_MECA_7363333##The boy with Kenyan roots was supposed to be the one who added experience and offered more solutions in attack, but he proved to be a sensational flop. Even though Milan brought him in as a free agent, Origi has the second-highest wage at the club – second only to star man Rafael Leao.Milan directors would love to eliminate Origi, but the attacker has other ideas. For him, farewell is not an option to consider. He posted a series of photos on Instagram that show him at work in Belgium, and the implied message is clear: he wants to prove that Milan was not wrong in betting on him. However, his name ended up in dialogues with West Ham on two occasions to discuss his transfer and propose an exchange that would bring Gianluca Scamacca to San Siro. Origi has made it known in both cases that he wants to stay, knowing he has a contract until 2026. In the meantime, an unnamed Saudi club has also been asking about his availability. For now, this attempt has failed. Прикажи ову објаву у апликацији Instagram Објава коју дели I—ORIGI (@divockorigi) Like the transfer window, the season is only at the beginning, but Origi’s situation could hamper Milan’s potential deals in the market. Besides the Morata-Taremi-Scamacca trio, PSV Eindhoven’s Johan Bakayoko is also liked but would cost around $25 million. Any possible move for the 20-year-old forward would be impossible unless his compatriot Origi has moved on.
