It’s likely that Milan will have to sign at least one Italian player this summer in order to hit the targets set by Serie A and Champions League squad registration limits.
The Rossoneri are given 25 player slots to register their squad, but they must present at least four who are products of their youth system and four who are products of another Italian club’s youth sector. The Milanese club had no trouble with this last season, but a few departures will force their hand this summer.
As detailed by Calciomercato.com, Milan currently have seven players who fit the two criteria listed above, starting with Matteo Gabbia, Davide Calabria and Daniel Maldini. They’ll be joined by the returning Tommaso Pobega and Alessandro Plizzari, as well as the already present Sandro Tonali.
Alessandro Florenzi is likely to be permanently signed from Roma and he makes seven, meaning one player is missing. The two returning loanees cover the departures of Antonio Mirante and Alessio Romagnoli, but there is no-one to fill the slot left behind by Franck Kessie, who’s heading to Barcelona.
Milan will now have to look to the market to find a solution, and they’ve been linked with a number of possible options over the last few weeks, like Domenico Berardi, Andrea Belotti and Nicolo Zaniolo.