"K" like kryptonite. Or also like Victor Gyokeres and Benjamin Sesko. In another life, Nicola Leali could have been the best player of the match in Milan - Genoa or the goalkeeper who conceded the most goals in a single game.
Against the Rossoneri's Tammy Abraham and his teammate Alvaro Morata, none of this happened. In fact, Leali didn’t even have to dirty his gloves. The Spaniard spared him three times, once shooting wide, once hitting the crossbar (missing the match-winning goal), and the last one going into the stands.
For the Englishman, a poor shot with his right foot in the first half that Genoa’s goalkeeper had already mentally marked as going wide. Houston, we have a problem. And that problem, which has been recurring for years at Milan, is finding a goalscorer in the number 9 shirt who represents not just the present, but above all the future. In economic terms, an investment. That’s what didn’t happen in the summer.
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AC Milan's low-cost policy doesn't work...
The post-Genoa protest revolves around the concept of mediocrity. A jab at the modus operandi of a club that has been trying for years to follow a green approach, but when it comes to strikers, it makes experienced, low-cost choices. Excluding Ibrahimovic in 2019, in attack Milan brought in Olivier Giroud (1 million euros plus 1 million euros in bonuses as well ) and Alvaro Morata (13 million euros): two over-30 profiles paid little, which fit the concept of "minimal effort, maximum return." The Frenchman always scored in double digits, but then left a void after three years. Fans are asking for an icon of the future, but one already ready to be a protagonist in the present.
Sesko, Gyokeres, and Zirkzee form the K team that Moncada has been following for years. Except for the Dutchman, in crisis with Manchester United, the other two – especially the Swede – are scoring a lot of goals. Huge regrets for a Milan with the sixth-best attack in the league.
Viktor Gyokeres and Benjamin Sesko
Back during the Paolo Maldini Frederic Massara era, there had been a meeting with Sesko's agent at Casa Milan. At least one other meeting occurred with the current management. Leipzig tried desperately to lock down the Slovenian and succeeded by making him central to their project and renewing his contract in June.
Milan could only have broken the balance with an offer of 60 million euros. Gyokeres was less approachable than Sesko, aided by the monster 100 million euros release clause set by Sporting Lisbon.
Geoffrey Moncada has appreciated him for years, Ibrahimovic acted as his sponsor, but even in this case, Milan didn’t go all in. Morata and Abraham have scored 10 goals between them in all competitions so far. The same as Sesko, but not even half of Gyokeres, who has 26 goals, 109 in the last four years.
Milan's regret is worth 60 million euros...
The Slovenian is 21, the Swede is 26. What fans wanted when they talk about a "club without ambition." Seeing their performance today, Sesko and Gyokeres are worth much more than the €60 million Milan could have spent. It's called an investment because there’s some risk in spending a lot and getting little in return, as told by La Gazzetta dello Sport.
But that’s not the case for them, seeing the numbers. Milan opted for the safe solution with Morata, who brings talent and vast experience at a high level but has never been a prolific goalscorer, just like Abraham.
Behind the inability to shoot on goal (and score) against the 13th-best goalkeeper in Serie A are all the Rossoneri regrets. Who knows how it would have gone if, in the 79th minute of a tightly contested Milan-Genoa, there had been a Slovenian or Swede instead of a Spaniard.
