Simon Kjaer, 32-year-old Dane defender of AC Milan is an important part of Stefano Pioli's plans. He has been very good as he uses his experience and leadership quite well to help his teammates which made him qualify among the candidates for the Ballon d'Or award.
The player is also important for the Danish national team and he is the captain there. He is having arguably the best football of his career in these years with AC Milan. However, at his age, sometimes a break is needed to catch the breath.
According to what is reported by today's print edition of Tuttosport, coach Stefano Pioli could decide to give a break to Simon Kjaer in view of the game against Hellas Verona, which is valid for matchday 8 of the Serie A.
As for the left-flank, there is a race between Fodé Ballo-Touré, Davide Calabria and maybe even Alessio Romagnoli to replace Theo Hernandez who was tested positive to the coronavirus. concludes the report.