Sacchi offers Milan advice on mercato movements: “Middle of a revolution” | OneFootball

AC Milan are entering their most important window in recent memory in the eyes of many people. Being led by a new coach, Paulo Fonseca, they must undergo a squad renovation, rather than a rebuild, and the money is there to complete this, but the decisions must be finalised by the coach.

In recent months, there have been questions about how Milan recruits, and who leads the decisions. Namely, there have been queries about last summer, and whether Stefano Pioli wanted certain players to enter his squad, or whether he was influenced to finalise moves by members of the management.

Recent reports have suggested that Joshua Zirkzee’s move to the club has been stalled for two reasons, the commission and, more importantly, Fonseca’s choice of striker. It seems clear that the Portuguese coach wants to build a stronger Milan in a competitive and physical sense, and this would explain why a different mould of striker may be preferred.

However, with Milan pursuing the Dutchman for so long, perhaps the management are pushing a move for him, rather than what Fonseca desires, a worrying suggestion, but one that could exist. With this in mind, legendary manager Arrigo Sacchi spoke to Gazzetta dello Sport about the striker options, and his words have been relayed by Milan News.

“The Rossoneri are in the midst of a revolution, both on a technical and managerial level. We have to understand if the path taken is the right one. I read that for the role of centre forward they are thinking of Lukaku or Zirkzee, but they are two completely different forwards: the Belgian is powerful and goes away with power, he relies on physical qualities; the Dutchman is technical and likes to play with his teammates.

“Could it be that both of them are right for Milan? Either you choose Lukaku or you choose Zirkzee. And it must be Fonseca who decides: only the coach, based on the style and the game he wants to give the team, if which elements are suitable.”