Milan transfer market: Thuram or Scamacca? Take the centre-forward casting

The casting for the 9 test begins. Milan begins to think about the market, with very clear guidelines on the next reinforcements: Stefano Pioli will soon have a new center forward available, to support Olivier Giroud next season and lay the foundations for the passing of the baton. In recent days, the most frequent thoughts outline two sketches, those of Marcus Thuram and Gianluca Scamacca.

Occasions

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Premise: both names rhyme with occasion. Marcus Thuram will soon be freed from Borussia Moenchengladbach and is one of the most prominent free transfers on the market. Not surprisingly, he is closely followed by other top clubs such as PSG. Gianluca Scamacca instead left Serie A just under twelve months ago with a price of around 40 million (which had led Milan to explore other contexts) and the first year in England football with West Ham was not as expected for a few too many problems from a physical point of view, with many stops and restarts. In mid-April, knee surgery put an end to the season and the blue forward is already looking forward to the next one to restart.

Focus Thuram

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Profile overview, starting with French. In the meantime, Thuram is a modern and quality striker, good at one-on-one and with the break in the ropes. Born in 1997, he already has good international experience from him between the Champions League and Europa League and came close to winning the World Cup in Qatar with France. He is an explosive and fast player, who has been liked by Milan for a while even if he is not one to score goals (in this sense, however, he has improved in the last season with 16 goals in 32 games). The interest of the AC Milan club has been reaffirmed in recent days by a call from Stefano Pioli, who presented him with the Milan project from all points of view. The Frenchman would arrive to play central striker, but if necessary he can be diverted to the role of winger in the trident. Option not to be excluded. And then there’s a curiosity: Marcus was born in Parma, during the years of his father Lilian’s yellow-blue experience, and in October 2020 he had told precisely in an interview with the Journal an old sympathy for the Rossoneri colors: “I don’t know why, but when dad played for Juve I supported Milan, when he moved to Barcelona I supported Real Madrid. I adored Sheva and Crespo…”.

Scamacca idea

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Motivations and experience first of all. Milan’s eyes towards London and Gianluca Scamacca have two polar stars that should not be underestimated. Born in 1999, the Italian striker closed his debut season in England with 8 goals in 27 appearances, often entering the match in progress. The year complicated by the stoppages leads to the desire for a relaunch, which for the Devil could coincide with a loan. Solution that would make sense to contain costs and then evaluate the investment in perspective. From his Scamacca he has important physical qualities to fill the penalty area and a certified feeling with Serie A, where he has already done very well with Genoa (8 goals in 26 games) and above all with Dionisi’s Sassuolo (16 goals in 36 matches played). Another question: the next few months will also be fundamental for trying to raise the prices in a blue key, towards the 2024 European Championship to be conquered with Mancini’s Italy.