MN: Over €100m for 21 goals – Milan’s worrying recent record with striker signings

In the past few years, AC Milan have struggled to find an apt goalscorer. They have tried in the mercato, but the results have been poor.

The centre-forward struggles at Milan are not new, and since Olivier Giroud, there have been questions asked if they have had a proper striker. Of course, others have filled in to lessen the need for one. However, the point remains.

Ultimately, the Rossoneri have spent a significant amount of money without many returns. In other words, they are quite heavily in debt to the mercato, and their crisis is not changing at this moment.

The (expensive) issues

As MilanNews writes today, the figure that the Diavolo have spent in recent years stands at more than €100 million. Noah Okafor, Alvaro Morata, Santiago Gimenez, and Christopher Nkunku each arrived with the hope of adding goals.

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None of them really have done that, though. Gimenez’s Serie A drought stretches back to the end of last season. Nkunku has not scored a Serie A goal, and the other two have left, given they had no future at the club. Between them, just 21 goals in total, a dire figure.

This season, Rafael Leao and Christian Pulisic have had to be funnelled into the middle, and whilst they are getting goals, they need a focal point. The next few months will be interesting, Milan need to act, for everyone’s sake.