Vitiello asks Nkunku to ‘wake up’ after Torino game: “If this is the player, it’s pointless”

Christopher Nkunku’s start to life at AC Milan has certainly not been great. In fact, the Frenchman’s start could be classed as much worse. 

Moving to a new league is never easy, especially when the summer has been filled with problems at your old club. So we cannot be too harsh regarding Nkunku. However, it is difficult to really be positive about the attacker.

He has scored once in the Coppa Italia, and past that, he has been pretty underwhelming. Moments have been few and far between, and impacts on the game have been equally limited. So, it is difficult to understand the price that Milan paid.

Vitiello’s criticism

Of course, there is a player in there. However, finding and unleashing that talent has proved to be tough thus far, and Antonio Vitiello voiced his discontent about the situation for MilanNews this afternoon.

“If this is the player, it’s pointless. He definitely needs to wake up. The first half was horrible, practically worthless. He improved in the second half, fighting with better form, but not even a single goal.

“Yet, we’re talking about a player who cost 40 million, and it’s December 9th, and he still hasn’t scored in Serie A. They say you need to give new players time to adapt, and that’s all true, but when you’re at Milan and you never score, it’s starting to become a serious problem.”

As he says, it takes time, but worries cannot be deemed unfair at this point.