Milanello Corner

Latest reports from Milanello stating that AC Milan will be missing more players outside of those who participated in Euro 2016 and Copa America for their first pre-season friendly against Bordeaux this upcoming Saturday. According to Italian media, Milan will be flying to France without the likes of Riccardo Montolivo , Keisuke Honda along with two new signings, Lionel Vangioni and Gianluca Lapadula, who are are having physical issues.

Riccardo Montolivo 's arrival at AC Milan last summer carried little doubts from many Rossoneri faithful on whether his the right man to lead Milan's midfield line after being left with names such as Andrea Pirlo, Clarence Seedorf and also Gennaro Gattuso. That trust didn't escalated much during the early part of Milan's new season as they were struggling to pick up positive results, while Montolivo himself was still adapting with his new teammates along with several different midfield positions during those days.

Ac Milan finally begin their new season's adventure on Monday, July 9, starting the first training session at Milanello, along with introducing some of Rossoneri's summer signings, Francesc Acerbi,      Kevin Constant and also Bakaye Traore.  Obviously not all of the new players are available, since Riccardo Montolivo is still being given a holiday after his participation at the recent Euro 2012 tournee, where he performed very well for Gli Azzurri.

The latest 2010 World Cup results have put the Italian soccer's credibility at stake as they fail to qualify from the group stage despite their defending champion status. Making things much more worse, the Azzurri fail to win a single game on the group which consist of opponents that on paper are weaker than them. That epic failure has slammed the face of the footballing country's soccer federation, resulting the implementation of some new rules and projects to get more quality local players for the Azzurri's future.

Starting from today, I will try to capture the current transfer movement in this silly season, which already started despite the fact that the market won't be officially opened until July 1. However, some new signings already arrived for the Rossoneri and rumors keeps on coming to provide plenty early excitement along with unnecessary disappointment from Milanisti.