Chapter 26: AC Milan

In the most famous local Western restaurant in Los Angeles, Ji Qin is dining with Ibrahimovic.

Athletes usually consume a lot of energy, and training requires enough energy, so most sneakers like to eat meat. Ji Qin also followed Eevee to work out in the gym during this time, although he didn't do as much and ruthlessly as Eevee, but he was also tired enough!

"Zlatan, I haven't congratulated you on your hat-trick last time, you played great!" Ji Qin congratulated Yi Bu with boiled water. Ibu also drank plain water. Maybe Ibrahimovic will drink when he is on vacation, but now that the season has started, he needs to be in competitive condition, so he usually only drinks plain water when he eats, this is the self-discipline of a player!

"Thank you!" Ibrahimovic was also very happy to touch the cup with Ji Qin, "Thanks to your magical oriental moxibustion, I played very happily in the last game!" ”

Ji Qin knew that what he said was actually the credit of Lao Dang Yi Zhuangka, but he was hidden by himself through acupuncture treatment. "It's also thanks to the fact that you haven't been willing to fall before, otherwise the effect might not be so good!"

"By the way, there are a number of teams interested in bringing you in in the summer transfer window, are there any teams that you are particularly interested in?"

After Ji Qin became Ibrahimovic's agent, many clubs privately sent people to the United States to contact him, although the major league league has just begun, but the schedule of the mainstream European leagues has come to the second half, and many teams are already operating in order to build the squad for next season.

There are many teams interested in Ibrahimovic, and there is an endless stream of invitations from the five major leagues, among which Ji Qin receives the most emails from Serie A teams!

In addition to Cristiano Ronaldo's Juventus and Inter Milan in Serie A, teams like AC Milan, Napoli, Roma and other teams are interested in Ibrahimovic, and there are some invitations from other leagues, which are mostly middle and upper teams.

However, this only shows a willingness to contact, not that they will necessarily bring in Ibrahimovic, it depends on whether Ibrahimovic's performance in the MLS will continue to be so brilliant and the follow-up negotiations!

"You get in touch with them first, anyway, it's still a long time before the summer transfer, whether it's Milan, Manchester United or conquering the Bundesliga, I'm confident that I can do it!" Ibu cut off a piece of steak and put it in his mouth, and his words expressed great self-confidence!

Ibrahimovic still prefers AC Milan in his heart, but in order not to affect Ji Qin's judgment, or to test Ji Qin, Ibrahimovic did not choose to say it directly.

In fact, AC Milan has weakened a little, some people think that it started with the sale of Ibrahimovic, but in fact it is not!

Some young fans feel that AC Milan in the Shevchenko Kaka era was the strongest, but that Milan team has always suffered "tragedy" and "dominance" is also unstable.

In fact, the strongest AC Milan should be AC Milan in the eighties and nineties of the last century, when the "Milan dynasty" could defend the Champions League and pass the Toyota Cup to put "Milan!" Milan" to the world!

He also won the top three of the Ballon d'Or at the same time (Three Musketeers or Baresi), completed three consecutive Serie A championships in the "Little World Cup" era, created a record of 58 league games unbeaten, and beat Cruyff's "Dream One Barcelona" 4:0 in the Champions League final!

In the late 90s, AC Milan had a tendency to go downhill, but Milan was old and strong, and it was forced to "return to the light" for a period of time between 2003 and 2007, until the old book was eaten and completely declined.

At that time, Serie A also had a high gold content, after all, it was a "small World Cup", everyone was willing to spend money, and big and small teams could invite top football superstars.

From the "Seven Sisters of Serie A" in the 80s to the "Seven Heroes of Serie A" at the turn of the century, the arms race of the Serie A teams has become more and more fierce - yes! At that time, the difficulty of winning the "Little World Cup" Serie A League was even more difficult than the Champions League at the same time. In those years, the "three major European cups" were also often the world of Serie A teams.

In the golden era of football in the "Little World Cup", although "there must be brave men under heavy rewards", there are also many high-salary parallel goods - especially AC Milan and Inter Milan, the two brothers, have become the "wronged leaders" in the football transfer market many times.

AC Milan has eaten for a few years, and all the belongings that can be sold have been sold, and the iron-blooded spirit such as the "Milan Knight Table" has also disappeared.

AC Milan's Serie A title in 2011 was the last time to make a comeback, and in 2012, AC Milan even dared to sell thighs like Silva and Ibrahimovic.

Since then, AC Milan has really survived, and can it not decline?

And Milan lost 156 million euros at the end of the season, setting a new high in the club's history!

Since Gonzalo Higuain joined Milan from Juventus last year and was loaned out to Chelsea in the winter transfer window, Milan have not had a star up front. Even in the summer transfer window, in order to be able to buy Correa of Atletico Madrid, he did not hesitate to sell Cutrone to Wolves!

Cutrone is only 21 years old and has been hailed as the "new Inzaghi" at the beginning of his debut, and is also seen as the future of Milan and Italy's strikers. The 2017-18 season under Montella and the 2018-19 season under Gattuso had a good season.

Unlike hot new stars such as Mbappe and Jadon Sancho, who grew up around the same time, Cutrone struggled to get a guaranteed playing time at Milan. At the start of the 2017-18 season, Cutrone had a spectacular performance, but was disillusioned by Montella's forced rotation.

With Gattuso in office, Higuain was the first and then Piatek, and Cutrone played less minutes.

In the eyes of Milan's two top executives, Maldini and Boban, Correa, who can play as a left and right winger and shadow striker, is the perfect piece of the puzzle for Rossoneri boss Giambor's 4-3-1-2 formation.

However, it backfired, with Atletico insisting on a price of 55 million euros and Milan only willing to pay a transfer fee of up to 45 million euros, the difference of 10 million euros made the deal delayed.

In the end, coach Giamboro only accumulated 9 points with 3 wins and 4 losses in 7 rounds, bringing AC Milan to the 13th place in Serie A, and he suffered a dismissal after 111 days in office, and he also became the shortest head coach in the history of AC Milan in addition to acting coaches!

In the summer transfer window, the Milan management, led by Maldini and Boban, brought a number of new signings to the team, including Rafael Leao, Rebic, Bennacer, Krunic, Te'o and Duarte.

With so many new signings, they all have one thing in common, that is, they are young. Because according to the club's owner, Elliott, AC Milan will follow Arsenal's operating model, buy promising young players for training, and then sell them for a high profit.

However, this model seems to have been in trouble for AC Milan since the beginning of next season. When the team is not performing well, there is not a single experienced player in the team who can step up and lead the team out of the difficult situation.

The only two experienced veterans in the team, Biglia and goalkeeper Reina, can basically only be relegated to the bench at present. Therefore, whenever they encounter a difficult situation, most of AC Milan's players are more likely to continue their sluggish performances and cannot quickly boost their morale.

This is a misfortune for Milan, but for Ibrahimovic, it is an opportunity!

And Milan is also the most positive and sincere among the many teams that have contacted Ji Qin!