Allegri Musing on Comfortable Tactical Switch for Milan | OneFootball

New Milan boss Massimiliano Allegri has tested out 3-5-2 more than 4-3-3 early in the summer. He has liked what he has seen from his team, and this scheme could be the go-to one next season, La Gazzetta dello Sport informs.

The boss has routinely praised the work of Rafael Leao as a striker. Other players have looked at ease in it too, especially the defenders. They had already deployed a three-man line in the final months of Sergio Conceiçao’s tenure, but there wasn’t much at stake.

Milan could simply decide to be flexible tactically in the end. The more conservative formation would help primarily their wing-backs, Alexis Saelemaekers and Pervis Estupinan. On the other hand, they might have to get to a 3-4-3 to accommodate all their stars better, especially if they acquired a new center-forward, which might be too unbalanced.

The strategic change would have significant transfer-market ramifications. For starters, they’d have to sign a new center-back. Four would no longer be enough. They have never stopped thinking about Parma’s Giovanni Leoni despite his team’s resistance to selling him this summer.

Our Take on Milan Potentially Turning To 3-5-2

Allegri has used other tactics but had the most success with this one, and a leopard can’t change its spots. On the other hand, unless they add a must-start attacker, the frontline would be formed by Leao and Christian Pulisic, which would be too light. Nobody has been able to convince the former to change his role and style permanently so far. The coach has rarely utilized fewer than three men in the midfield, and their whole summer has been centered around it. Conversely, it’d spare them a couple of additions, on the right wing and up front.