Although they were eliminated from the Champions League in the group stage, and they are 16 points behind their city rivals in Serie A, AC Milan are far from having finished the current season. Stefano Pioli’s team have an opportunity to end the year with a trophy as they reached the quarter-finals of the Europa League – a double-header with Roma is the next hurdle – but at San Siro, they are already making plans for the next season and the upcoming transfer window.Although they are slowly returning to the company of the best, AC Milan still have difficulty keeping their most valuable players. Last summer they had to sell Sandro Tonali, a year earlier Franck Kessie left as a free agent, and before that Gianluigi Donnarumma… Therefore, the fear crept in among the fans of the Milan club that they could lose another star in the upcoming transfer window.13 – Rafael Leão is the player with the most big chances created in Serie A this season (13). Fantasy.#SerieA pic.twitter.com/lXeD6ACO9a— OptaPaolo (@OptaPaolo) March 27, 2024 The biggest one is certainly Rafael Leao, who was linked to Paris Saint-Germain in the previous weeks, however, speaking about the plans for the next season, the general manager of Milan, Giorgio Furlani, reassured the club’s supporters by saying that the Portuguese will stay at San Siro.”Rafa has a buyout clause worth 175,000,000 euros, but I can confirm that he wants to stay in Milan. He is happy here, otherwise he would ask to leave, but he really doesn’t want to go. Long live Leao in Milan,” said Furlani in an interview with a Milanese newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport📰 Today’s edition of @Gazzetta_it…💰 Furlani: “#ACMilan, let’s return to winning. Investments to become great. “Leao will stay with us. Ibra works with us as a team.” pic.twitter.com/WJ05ECcCZG— SempreMilan (@SempreMilanCom) March 29, 2024 Furlani then referred to the situation surrounding the contracts of the two Frenchmen, Mike Maignan and Theo Hernandez.”They are both under contract until June 2026. There is talk of selling and buying players, but often it is the players who decide their future. Theo and Mike are champions, we hope they stay with us for a long time and make a difference again.”When asked about the status of Stefano Pioli, he did not want to give a concrete answer.”Our season has been good so far, but like last season there is one team that has played beyond expectations. Last year it was Napoli, now it is Inter. Pioli has a very positive history in Milan, he brought the team back to the Champions League and won the Scudetto. He often criticized but achieved significant results. No one at the club ever talked about his position being under threat. Now it would be ungrateful to judge him on the basis of his performance in the Europa League or the outcome of the derby, as important as that is.”##EDITORS_CHOICE##Furlani regrets the fact that Inter will add another star to his coat of arms before his Milan.”We would definitely like to do it first, our goal is to do it next season. After all, we’re not that far. We’ve pulled our heads out of the water, a team that risked bankruptcy after the Chinese owners, now they have to keep growing to be on par with the best clubs in Europe. The goal was and always remains the same. We are still second, we have one point less than in the season when we won the Scudetto and ten more than last year at the same time. This means that we have improved the team, that we have a stronger starting base with good rotations. New signings brought 40 goals. Last year we had to rebuild the team, now we need to perfect it,” Furlani concluded.SERIE A – MATCHDAY 30Saturday 14.30: (2.15) Napoli (3.50) Atalanta (3.60)17.00: (1.95) Genoa (3.60) Frosinone (4.30)17.00: (1.90) Torino (3.50) Monza (4.60)20.00: (3.10) Lazio (3.15) Juventus (2.60)22.45: (2.85) Fiorentina (3.40) Milan (2.60)Monday 13.30: (1.30) Bologna (5.20) Salernitana (11.0)16.00: (2.25) Cagliari (3.35) Verona (3.50)16.00: (2.90) Sassuolo (3.30) Udinese (2.65)19.00: (4.50) Lecce (3.60) Roma (1.90)21.45: (1.22) Inter (6.50) Empoli (12.0)***odds are subject to change***
