GdS: Almost certain to stay – the nine players Milan will build around | OneFootball

There are set to be a lot of changes at AC Milan this summer, but it seems that the Rossoneri will see the team build around some staples.

Rebuilding a team, on paper, is so much easier than it is in real life. Simply just get rid of the bad, and keep the good, and buy more of it. Easy right? Well, overhauling a squad in that way almost never goes well, and there are often more significant issues when doing this.

With that said, the club can, of course, begin to start to mould out an idea, and it seems Milan have already done this, with Gazzetta dello Sport reporting that there are nine players who will remain at the club for this rebuild, definitely.

Starting in attack, Christian Pulisic and Rafael Leao are not to be touched this summer. The American is having another phenomenal season and will renew his deal shortly, whilst Leao, as frustrating as he can be, has recorded another 10/10+ season in terms of contributions. Then, Santiago Gimenez, of course, will remain.

Tijjani Reijnders starts things off in midfield, as expected, given he has signed a new deal already. Warren Bondo and Youssouf Fofana also join the list of safety.

Defensively, there are even more names, with ideas already being clear: Strahinja Pavlovic, Matteo Gabbia, Kyle Walker and Alex Jimenez are all on the ‘keep’ list at present.