Milan market, Massimiliano Allegri speaks out ahead of January

Intervening in a press conference on the eve of Milan-Sassuolo, a league match scheduled for Sunday at 12:30 p.m., Massimiliano Allegri also spoke about the problems affecting the offensive sector, with the injuries of Gimenez first and Leao then and the still difficult adaptation of Nkunku. The Livorno coach, in this sense, did not mince words: “Until January, even if we wanted to, we certainly could not sign anyone – he said. I can only find internal solutions and I must say that the available roster offers them to me. The club is attentive and we are all vigilant in view of the market, however, we have to think about the matches to be played, starting with Sassuolo and then thinking about the Super Cup”.

In any case, the knot linked to the forwards remains, especially the two center forwards, Gimenez and Nkunku, who together have scored just two goals this season with the Milan jersey, curiously enough in the same match, the one on September 23 won 3-0 against Lecce: “Our goal now is to recover Gimenez – explained Allegri -, we would have an’extra alternative for the attack. Nkunku? He needs to be more serene, he is a footballer we all wanted here at Milan. He needs to smile a little bit’more and things will be better. The club and I have full confidence in his potential”.

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The market talk could take off different depending on will end 2025: “Everyone’s priority is to face Sassuolo in an orderly manner, aware that matches now last a hundred minutes – said the Rossoneri coach -. This is a team that can score goals at any time, with an offensive phase in which the speed of Laurienté and Volpato shine. In my view it will be a complicated match, but one that we have the task of bringing home. It is one thing to go to Riyadh for the Super Cup with a victory behind us, it is another to go there after a home defeat”.

In the last few days, other suggestions have also emerged for the offensive sector: out of all of them, the one making the most noise is the one linked to the name of Mauro Icardi, a former Inter captain who has never hidden in the past his desire to reappear in the Italian league. The Argentine is under contract with Galatasaray, but his stay in Istanbul in January seems less and less likely.

Among the hypotheses evaluated ahead of the January market by sporting director Igli Tare and chief executive Giorgio Furlani is the name of Gabriel Jesus, who is now on the fringes of Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal side. The summer arrival of Viktor Gyökeres, bought by the Gunners for about 70 million euros, has further reduced the space of the Brazilian, who is now looking for a new adventure to regain continuity and relaunch himself after seasons marked by injuries.