Repubblica: Allegri set to go against Torino trend and re-model Ricci at Milan

By: Ben Dixon

Rather than playing him in the position which he occupied most for Torino, Massimiliano Allegri will change Samuele Ricci’s game a little at AC Milan.

With Tijjani Reijnders’ sale, Milan have been offered a bit more flexibility in the market, especially when it comes to reshaping the midfield. Like when Sandro Tonali was sold, the midfield will be given a facelift.

Reijnders was the big coup, looking back on that summer, and Ricci could be this edition’s, though there are still attempts being made to sign Ardon Jashari. Together, they could be the new jewels of this Rossoneri.

Allegri’s idea

Allegri’s plan is exactly that, according to La Repubblica this morning (via Milan Press). To complete the midfield department, Jashari will join Ricci, Luka Modric, Youssouf Fofana, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Warren Bondo.

Plenty of coverage and quality is within these ranks, and now clarification must arrive about the plans for the midfield. All cannot play at once.

It has previously been reported that Allegri sees Modric as the base of the midfield, to keep things ticking like a metronome. However, this is the position which Ricci has most commonly occupied with Torino.

Instead of being the ‘director’ of the midfield, though, the Italian will take up a role as a mezzala, according to the report. He is not unfamiliar with this role, as stats from Transfermarkt show, and Allegri believes it will elevate his and Milan’s game to utilise him in this way.

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