AC Milan faced a difficult team in their first Champions League game this season against RB Salzburg. The Austrian team who are coached by 33-year-old German coach Matthias Jaissle are fast, technical and like to press high. Pioli's team were not in their best form and struggled against them on several occasions.
RB Salzburg had many young talents on the pitch and one of them impressed the Rossoneri club directors Paolo Maldini and Frederic Massara. We are talking about Maurits Kjaergaard.
According to what is reported by Calciomercato.com, Kjaergaard has been on the radar of the Italian champions for at least two years now since he was playing for the second team of Liefering.
The Danish player in question is 19 years old, has speed, vision of the game and impressive abilities in one on one situations. Despite such a young age, he showed very good skills even in a difficult competition such as the Champions League.
As per the Italian website mentioned above, Kjaergaard, left-footed, has a great profile which Salzburg wants to keep for a couple more seasons. AC Milan, for their part, have talked with the agency which represents the young player even if the future seems almost certain: a transfer to the 'sister' team in Germany: RB Leipzig.
Paolo Maldini and Frederic Massara were very impressed as they watched him live. It was love at first sight, adds Calciomercato.com which could lead to an attempt in the coming months to try to see if there is an opening for a potential deal.
Against AC Milan, Kjaergaard played as a left-midfielder, he can also play as a right-winger and a playmaker.
