AC Milan will not be the champion of Italy this season, that is a fact. But they plan to repeat the success of 2022 in the competitive 2024/25 season, and to that end, they are preparing a reform in the attack and defensive line. A lot of things about the Rossoneri’s plans contain a note of transparency, but at the same time, it cannot be said with precision what the attack of the team will look like next season, which will try to be decorated with the jubilee 20th Scudetto.De facto, Milan at the moment do not have strikers like Lautaro Martinez or Dusan Vlahovic, capable of scoring from game to game, to go over the number of 20-25 goals in a season. With all due respect to Olivier Giroud, the man who played a key role in Milan’s campaign for the last title, to the striker who, even at the age of 38, often invents a touch of genius, whether he is shooting at the net or assisting his teammates, the Frenchman still has only one season in his career with 20+ goals in the top five leagues (2011/12 when he practically single-handedly brought the title to Montpellier with 21 goals and 12 assists). At the same time, the master of football from Chambéry, no matter how much he defies his years, will not be able to play forever.##NAJAVA_MECA_7910209##Giroud’s backup from the start of the season is Luka Jović. The Serbian goalscorer did not score in the first nine appearances since arriving at the club last September, and then with the first goals and body language on the field, the trust that Stefano Pioli placed in him began to grow, and Jović became the most lethal joker in Serie A. The Italian media at the beginning of 2024, they started to write about a new contract for the Serbian goalscorer, due to whose form the club gave up on bringing in a striker in January.The stories about the fate of Olivier Giroud did not remain untold either, but both cases remained rather hazy since both of Milan’s strikers’ contracts expire on June 30. Gazzetta dello Sport, writing about the redesign of the attack of the currently third-placed Serie A team, does not rule out the possibility that at the end of the season, both Giroud and Jović will leave San Siro! Because, as Gazzetta says – and it was seen several times this season, when the strikers did not have their day, Milan’s attack showed certain limits. These statements are supported by the fact that the sports sector has set targets for the next season.Tomori, Kalulu and Thiaw won’t return a day too soon: Milan’s leaky defence causes concern for PioliIn recent years, Milan have hit a bullseye with veterans like Ibrahimovic and Giroud who brought them the title, but they also had failures like Gonzalo Higuain, Mario Mandzukic and Divock Origi. And that is why the position of Giorgio Furlani and Geoffrey Moncada is that the new leader of Milan’s attack should be a guy younger than 25 years old. Two names are currently leading the way – Bologna’s Joshua Zirkzee and Leipzig’s Benjamin Sesko, while a possible alternative is Milan’s old desire Jonathan David from Lille.📰 Today’s @Gazzetta_it… ✍️ “#ACMilan: The signings for the relaunch. Zirkzee or Sesko guarantee of goals. Lacroix in defence, to raise the wall.” 🔭 “Hunt for Giroud’s heir: eyes on the strikers of Bologna and Leipzig. For the rearguard they like another Frenchman.” pic.twitter.com/pfQYv9VAw4— SempreMilan (@SempreMilanCom) February 27, 2024 Zirkzee is having the season of his life under Thiago Motta, a coach who is also in the Rossoneri’s mind as a potential successor to Stefano Pioli. The 22-year-old Dutchman, who calls himself a ‘street footballer’ because of his flowing style of play, has collected nine goals and four assists in 25 appearances in the Italian elite, where he would not mind staying. The giant from the north of Italy will need around 40,000,000 euros to complete the transfer, and approximately the same amount of money will be needed if the decision is made that Šeško will be the new striker. The popular ‘Baby Haaland’ missed the first game of the Champions League against Real Madrid, but there is no doubt that there is huge potential in the Slovenian attacker.##EDITORS_CHOICE##There is no shortage of offers for Giroud and he could move to the USA at the end of the year, in case he leaves San Siro, and write the last chapter of his career in MLS. On the other hand, until Jović started scoring in the Milan shirt, there was speculation that he could go to Turkey in the winter. However, judging by his performances since December, which was marred by a red card against Monza, Gazzetta’s suggestion that the Rossoneri could let go of a player with less than 900 minutes was enough for eight goals in all competitions.
