Milan: Füllkrug cleared to face Cagliari after FIGC exemption | OneFootball

Bureaucratic acceleration to guarantee fairness in Serie A: Allegri will immediately have the new striker

Niclas Füllkrug is ready to become, in every respect, the new number 9 for Milan. Not only from a formal standpoint, but also immediately on a practical level.

Milan, Füllkrug immediately available: the FIGC exemption makes him eligible already against Cagliari

Thanks to an exemption granted by the FIGC, the German striker will be regularly available to Massimiliano Allegri already for Cagliari-Milan on January 2nd, the match that will open the 18th round of Serie A.

An unexpected but decisive turning point, allowing the Rossoneri to move ahead of schedule and immediately integrate the most anticipated reinforcement of the winter transfer window.

Agreement finalized with West Ham: details of the deal

Milan has reached an agreement with West Ham for the transfer of Füllkrug days ago. The deal is based on a free dry loan until the end of the season, with a conditional purchase option set between 5 and 10 million euros. A sustainable formula, allowing the club to assess the player’s impact before making a permanent investment.

The striker’s determination was also crucial, as he strongly pushed for the move to the Rossoneri. Füllkrug accepted a pay cut, dropping to around 1.5 million euros, just to embrace the Milan project and become a protagonist again in a top-level league.

Medical exams and first training sessions at Milanello

Having landed in Milan on Monday evening, the German striker will undergo medical examinations on Tuesday, and then immediately start working on the pitch. The first training session at Milanello is scheduled for Wednesday, December 24th, Christmas Eve, with the initial sessions designed to gradually integrate him into the team’s offensive mechanisms.

The initial goal was to have him available for the match on January 8th against Genoa, but the situation changed rapidly.

The FIGC exemption and league fairness

The main issue concerned the technical timing of the registration. With the official opening of the transfer window set for January 2nd, Füllkrug risked being excluded from the trip to Cagliari for mere bureaucratic reasons. Hence the intervention of the Serie A League, which requested an accelerated procedure from the FIGC.

The Federation accepted the request, granting an extraordinary exemption that allows the contract to be filed by 4:00 pm on January 2nd, thus making the player immediately eligible. A decision made, as officially explained, to “ensure full and equal protection for all Serie A clubs,” avoiding disparities between those playing early and those taking the field in the following days.

An extra weapon for Allegri in a delicate moment

For Massimiliano Allegri, this is crucial news. The Rossoneri attack remains in emergency: Gimenez will be out for a long time after ankle surgery, while Leao is still recovering from the injury suffered against Torino. In this context, Füllkrug represents an immediate and structurally different alternative.

Physicality, aerial play, the ability to help the team move up the field and attack low blocks: the German striker offers solutions that Milan has lacked for much of the season. And now he’ll be able to do so right away.

As they say at Milanello, “better a reinforcement ready on January 2nd than a promise for the future.” With the FIGC exemption, Milan has its early present. And Allegri, finally, the striker he was waiting for.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here.