The Chelsea technician spends words to honey for the new Rossoneri purchase: “‘In his position we had Cole Palmer, so it was difficult for him to have minutes”
Guarantees Enzo Maresca. The Milan fans will soon discover Christopher Nkunku, the striker coming from Chelsea for which the Rossoneri have invested 37 million plus bonuses, an important figure for a player who in the last two seasons at the blues has not played much. But for the 27 -year -old Frenchman who leaves the Premier League after 6 goals in 38 overall games guarantees his coach, the one who made his departure. “He is a fantastic player,” he says at the press conference, answering a question from the Gazzetta dello Sport.
The sentences
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“Christo first of all is a fantastic professional – Maresca begins -. With us it was, always very professional even in training. The only problem with him is that in his position we had a player like Cole Palmer, so it was difficult for him to have minutes”. It is precisely the reason why the adventure with Chelsea is over: Maresca in the last season has framed Nkunku more as number 10 than as number 9, and that role was covered by the best player in the team, Palmer precisely. Number 10 is the position in which Nkunku was employed more, even in the Conference League where he marked 7 times in 11 games, on 9 occasions as a starter. The fact that he saw him as an alternative to Palmer, however, does not prevent Maresca from reassuring Milan fans on what they have to expect from their new French striker: “Fantastic things can expect from Christo, first of all because he is very professional and then because he is an excellent player” he says concluding his business card of the next Milan striker.
Champions League
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Maresca, who is preparing the advance of the third day of Premier against Fulham, for which it will not have Palmer, has another rendezing with Italy on the way: the one in the Champions League with the trips to the house of Naples and Atalanta. “First of all I am happy to have reported Chelsea where it deserves to be, in the Champions League -says -Naples and Atalanta are both fantastic teams. Napoli has just won Serie A with Antonio, Atalanta in the last 5-6 with Gasperini has probably been the best Italian team, even in Europe. I am very happy to return to Italy, especially to eat excellent food. And happy to play in Champions.”
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