GdS: And then there were none - Origi's exit completes clear-out of 2022-23 signings

"With the mutual termination of Divock Origi's contract - which was announced on Tuesday - there are no remaining members from the 2022-23 windows. As La Gazzetta dello Sport writes, none of the players who arrived in either the summer or the winter mercato in the post-Scudetto season are still at the club. Not even those who returned from loans. It is a complete clean-up that hasn't gone unnoticed, considering only three years have passed. Charles De Ketelaere This is undoubtedly the most emblematic case of the gap between expectations and performances."

"Milan spent the summer three years ago assiduously courting Club Brugge for CDK, ultimately paying €32m plus bonuses. The Rossoneri expected him to be one of the best signings of recent years, a quality player around which to build the rest. Things went very differently: De Ketelaere made 40 appearances for Milan without a single goal and with just one assist. The result: after just one season, he was loaned out with the option to buy to Atalanta, who subsequently bought him out and where he remains today. This season: 4 goals and 3 assists in 20 appearances (1,444 minutes)."

"Sergino Dest Dest arrived at Milanello from Barcelona on the last day of the summer window, in early September. It was a loan with a €20m option to buy: a last-minute move due to Florenzi's long-term injury, but he never settled by his own admission. The right-back made 14 appearances, with performances completely inadequate to consider the buy-out good value. Indeed, Milan never considered taking advantage of the deal. "The wrong place at the wrong time," the player said a few weeks ago. In the summer of 2023, he moved on loan to PSV, who bought him out the following year. This season: 23 appearances (1,895 minutes) with 2 goals and 6 assists."

AC Milan has removed all players signed in the 2022–23 transfer windows, with the mutual termination of Divock Origi's contract completing the turnover. Several high-profile arrivals failed to meet expectations. Charles De Ketelaere cost €32m plus bonuses, made 40 appearances without scoring, and was sold to Atalanta after a loan; he has 4 goals and 3 assists in 20 appearances this season. Sergino Dest joined on loan from Barcelona with a €20m option, made 14 appearances, failed to settle, then moved to PSV, where he has 23 appearances, 2 goals and 6 assists this season. Divock Origi departs after being labelled one of the club's worst investments.

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