CM: Calabria future seemingly ‘decided’ as Milan evaluate replacement | OneFootball

It seems Davide Calabria will depart at one of the next two opportunities to do so, and AC Milan are already beginning to evaluate potential replacements.

This season, the baton has already been starting to be passed elsewhere, and this has shown in multiple ways. Calabria remains Milan’s club captain, but Fonseca has instead preferred to utilise a multi-leader system.

The decision goes hand in hand with the right-back’s minutes dropping, as Emerson Royal looks to cement himself in the position. Due to the Italian’s renewal talks not progressing, it seems that the captain will depart in the winter mercato, if not the summer when his current deal expires.

As Calciomercato.com writes, Galatasary looks like a possible destination, given they have stated their interest on several occasions, and Olympique Marseille are also in the running it seems. Now, though, the big question facing Milan is who will replace him.

There has been a lot of interest in Tiago Santos in the past, but a move for the Portuguese looks unlikely given the Rossoneri see Alex Jimenez as a possible replacement. The Spaniard is held in high regard by the management, and given he has already played first-team minutes, it would not be a major risk.