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#ac-milan

Calciomercato.com report that Milan have been knocked back in their attempts to negotiate with Fenerbahce for Milan Skriniar and Juventus for Federico Gatti, because both are not open to letting the defenders leave. Tare has gone back to Liverpool for Joe Gomez. Given his technical and athletic qualities, experience and desire for prove himself, the English defender would be a desirable candidate for Allegri to bolster a department that is thin on depth.

It was a heavy thing. When scoops and gossip come out, there's always someone who tells them, but you never know if it's fictionalised, amplified... So people know this version, not the version of who was really there at the time. When you have a lot of money, you're always surrounded by these kinds of situations where they always try to put you in difficulty. When this event, this thing, happened, it was heavy. But the problems were already there before on the pitch.

Milan started 2026 with a poor first half and an improved second when Leao scored to help his team start the calendar year with a win. The story of the match was not unlike many before it. A busy January, despite only having Serie A to play in, will test the team further. Up front help has arrived and did well enough in a debut sub appearance

The coach provided several important insights about the use of Luka Modric, how Christopher Nkunku is going, Niclas Füllkrug's condition, Ruben Loftus-Cheek's minor issue, plus the possibility of finally seeing Christian Pulisic and Rafael Leao start together again. On Modric: "Modric is certainly no surprise from a technical standpoint. What's most striking about him is the intensity he puts into every training session. "We're talking about an extraordinary player who gets very angry with himself when he makes a bad pass. Men like him, in love with this sport, are an example."

Scoring 11 or 12 times from the first shot on target and not even being at the halfway point of the season suggests a certain element of luck, and it has already provoked question marks about how sustainable it is. Looking at the stats for the league in general, Inter are the top scorers with 36 goals, eight more than Milan who have 28 so far.

With a desire to sign another defender this month, AC Milan have looked to make a move for one of Massimiliano Allegri's former players. It is no surprise that Allegri is looking for players whom he trusts. After all, his staff are built with the same motivation and even in the summer, a few former players were linked. So, it is not shocking news that the theme is continuing.

Whilst the calendar looks quite scary for AC Milan this month, it could certainly be worse, and the Rossoneri are in a pretty solid position. A lot can be said about the upcoming fixtures which Milan face. Five games in 18 days certainly has the possibility of being challenging, and it may well be. However, they are not alone in having a tough run of games.