Repubblica: Coach, mercato and young talent – Milan aim to build ‘Italian nucleus’ | OneFootball

Some big decisions are facing the AC Milan leadership in the next few weeks, but all seem to be geared around an idea: becoming more Italian.

According to La Repubblica, the first task of the new sporting director will be to try and build an ‘Italian nucleus’ at the club. It is considered very important to build a squad that has experience of the league and also understands what it means to represent a club like Milan.

The basis will be the coach, who will be Italian or at least with experience in Serie A. The reinforcements for the squad will be known more clearly after the arrival of the new director and the coach, naturally.

However, the idea of going for a ‘tricolore’ revolution also extends to the playing staff. The current working group have already identified some players as targets for the summer, for example Samuele Ricci at Torino.

The youth sector will be very important in the coming years given the amount of talent in there. The hope is that the likes of Francesco Camarda, Davide Bartesaghi, Mattia Liberali, Kevin Zeroli, Filippo Scotti and others will end up becoming part of the future first-team core, in years to come.