AC Milan would possibly simply have been dealt a blow of their pursuit of a brand new central midfielder as Samuele Ricci has prolonged his take care of Torino.
For a lot of, probably the most urgent matter as we strategy the January mercato appears to be a scarcity of midfield depth on condition that Youssouf Fofana and Tijjani Reijnders have been working extra time mainly all season.
Ismael Bennacer’s return will probably be a lift however ensures are wanted concerning the degree he can carry out at, whereas Yunus Musah and Ruben Loftus-Cheek are each injured and never pure double pivot gamers.
Milan have been closely linked with a transfer for Ricci consequently up to now few days. The dependable even acknowledged lately that the administration wish to convey ahead a deliberate summer season swoop, and that the participant .
Because of this, Fonseca needed to adapt Filippo Terracciano to play alongside Fofana in Verona, with zero options. In the summertime, an error of judgment was made concerning the variety of midfielders within the squad and it was hoped that extra assist would come from Milan Futuro.
That concept appears to have gone out of the window now, as a result of a press release on Torino’s reads as follows: “Torino Soccer Membership is happy to announce that it has renewed the contract for the sporting performances of the footballer Samuele Ricci till 30 June 2028.
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“Ricci was born in Pontedera on 21 August 2001. Having grown up as a footballer within the Empoli youth sector, he made his skilled debut with the Tuscans within the 2019/2020 season, in Serie B. After two seasons, with 62 appearances and a pair of targets, he obtained promotion to Serie A.
“Within the 2021-’22 season, in his first 12 months within the high flight, he collected 21 appearances and one purpose between August and January, earlier than transferring to Toro within the second a part of the 12 months.
“Having shortly turn out to be one of many strengths of the Granata workforce, he collected a complete of 97 appearances and 4 targets at Torino, additionally incomes a call-up to the Italian nationwide workforce the place he boasts 6 appearances total.”
