{"id":612724,"date":"2022-05-11T12:52:43","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T16:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=612724"},"modified":"2022-05-11T12:52:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T16:52:43","slug":"ac-milan-signings-four-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/05\/11\/ac-milan-signings-four-this-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"AC Milan Signings Could Be as Many as Four"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There could be as many as four new AC Milan signings this summer. This involves a new centre-back, midfielder, winger, and striker, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSSportsGolazo\/status\/1523778735169626112\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CBS Sports Golazo and Fabrizio Romano<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The popular name when it comes to a new centre-back is <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/05\/02\/sven-botman-departure-from-lille-is-likely\/\" target=\"_self\">Sven Botman<\/a> from Lille. Romano mentions Renato Sanches as the top midfield target for Milan, while striker <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/03\/22\/belgian-forward-divock-origi-closer-milan\/\" target=\"_self\">Divock Origi<\/a> has been the main name. For the time being, the names for the winger position are up in the air.<\/p>\n<h2>AC Milan Signings: Title-Chasing Club Targeting Four New Arrivals<\/h2>\n<h3>Team Needs<\/h3>\n<p>Starting off with the centre-back position, Botman is an excellent player. He was instrumental in Lille&#8217;s Ligue 1-winning campaign last season, and of course, bringing them into the Champions League this season. Botman is 22-years-old, fitting Milan&#8217;s youth project well. At the moment, Fikayo Tomori and Pierre Kalulu start at centre-back for the club. They form a terrific duo, although help can certainly be added. Simon Kjaer is ageing and recovering from a major injury, while Alessio Romagnoli&#8217;s contract expires this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The midfield rotation in manager Stefano Pioli&#8217;s double-pivot consists of Sandro Tonali, Ismael Bennacer, and Franck Kessie. Tonali is enjoying an excellent season and is surely a future star. Kessie, however, will be <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/03\/22\/ac-milan-midfielder-franck-kessie-barcelona\/\" target=\"_self\">leaving for Barcelona<\/a>. This creates a hole in the rotation, allowing Sanches to step in, should Milan complete a deal.<\/p>\n<p>The left-wing position is set with Rafael Leao. Milan, however, have issues on the right wing. Alexis Saelemaekers and Junior Messias aren&#8217;t necessarily unproductive, but Milan must upgrade the position should they hope to better compete in the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, there&#8217;s the striker position. At the moment, Milan&#8217;s strikers are Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Olivier Giroud. Their combined veteran presence is <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/05\/11\/ac-milan-veterans-fueling-team\/\" target=\"_self\">crucial to the team<\/a>, but age is also a factor. Ibrahimovic has spent a large portion of the season sidelined, leaving Giroud as the only option at times. Origi is 27-years-old and can inject some energy into the group. Although he&#8217;s not a starter for <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/05\/11\/liverpool-real-madrid-aurelien-tchouameni\/\" target=\"_self\">Liverpool<\/a>, he&#8217;s had a knack for timely goals in his career. Milan presents a better path to starting for the Belgian striker.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"zJEy3WuMQ_1PKNNfvU_U1Q\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1396160518\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'zJEy3WuMQ_1PKNNfvU_U1Q',sig:'vbc2_7lguLCO8KsrbwFVc80-zGleF6ae-4hGs88oDyM=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1396160518',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There could be as many as four new AC Milan signings this summer. This involves a new centre-back, midfielder, winger, and striker, according to CBS Sports Golazo and Fabrizio Romano. The popular name when it comes to a new centre-back is Sven Botman from Lille. Romano mentions Renato Sanches as the top midfield target for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2248,"featured_media":612731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1363,7188,5,28],"tags":[392,766,7382],"class_list":["post-612724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ac-milan","category-rumours","category-serie-a","category-transfers","tag-divock-origi","tag-renato-sanches","tag-sven-botman"],"modified_by":"Dale Ventham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2248"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}