Di Marzio: Leao to replace Morata up front – the ‘crazy idea’ in Fonseca’s mind | OneFootball

AC Milan head coach Paulo Fonseca is at work trying to establish the best starting line-up for the game against Parma on Saturday, and that includes picking Alvaro Morata’s replacement.

As Gianluca Di Marzio reports on his website PazziDiFanta, the natural replacement for Morata – who has a muscle issue that will keep him out until after the international break – is Luka Jovic.

The Serbian striker, who started against Torino, confirmed however that he is much more effective when coming off the bench rather than playing from the first minute, when there is less space.

Another solution, perhaps the one that is currently appealing to Fonseca the most, is to deploy Noah Okafor as the striker. The Swiss forward scored the goal to equalise in the 95th minute of the game, and continued his reputation as being a ‘super sub’.

Fonseca is also thinking about a ‘crazy idea’: Rafael Leao could replace Morata at the centre of the attack. In the squad, there are many wingers and the Portuguese could act as a pure centre-forward, with one of either Christian Pulisic or Okafor in his place on the left.

Milan have Francesco Camarda too, but the 16-year-old trained with Milan Futuro today, a sign of how at the moment his ‘promotion’ to the first team is on hold for the time being.