Ruben Loftus-Cheek is certainly one of those players who have welcomed the return of Massimiliano Allegri to Milan. The ex Juventus boss is working in synergy with the management on building the squad, with precise indications in line with his vision for relaunching the team’s ambitions. Among these is a veto on the sale of the powerful English midfielder.
The sale of Reijnders to Manchester City has deprived Milan of a sublime player and a box-to-box midfielder who scored 10 goals in Serie A last season. Loftus-Cheek is the only midfielder in the squad with such a scoring tally in his feet: in fact, he netted 6 in Serie A and 4 in the Europa League during his first season in Italy wearing the Rossoneri shirt. In the ideas of sporting director Tare and coach Allegri, the former Chelsea man can return to that version of himself with a different and more careful management of a physique that is as powerful as it is fragile. An interesting challenge for a Milan side convinced of the qualities of the 29-year-old English midfielder.
No sale for Loftus-Cheek
Loftus-Cheek is described as a sensitive guy who needs to feel the trust of his coach to perform at his best. That unconditional trust which he had found without hesitation during his time at Chelsea with Maurizio Sarri: the ex Napoli coach, in fact, tried – over the past few weeks – to explore the possibility of bringing him with him to Lazio. An operation that failed completely, due both to the transfer ban currently affecting the Biancocelesti (which prevents the capital club from making incoming moves) and Allegri’s desire to hold tightly onto the player. Allegri indeed wants to relaunch Loftus-Cheek at Milan: this is the definitive decision, as pointed out by those at Calciomercato.com.
