AC Milan have made several changes this summer. First, in terms of management and also in the transfer market windw, as pointed out by the Italian newspaper Il Corriere della Sera.
The exit of Paolo Maldini has led to new organisational structure for Milan. The person in charge of transfers is now CEO Giorgio Furlani, assisted by Geoffrey Moncada: a collective effort, different from the previous leadership, and more data-driven. The so-called Moneyball system. When a player is acquired, various attributes are considered, and nationality not being one of them.
Milan hasn't chosen to stop buying Italians (in fact, the second goalkeeper Sportiello arrived this summer), they've simply set different priorities. Thus, from Chelsea comes Loftus-Cheek and Pulisic, from Villarreal comes Chukwueze, from Valencia comes Musah, from AZ comes Reijnders, from Salzburg comes Okafor
The approach is broad and also involves cost containment, which is why Tonali's departure has also occurred.
