DEBUNKER: WHY HALILOVIC ISNT SELECTED BY GATTUSO.
Last Night Milan fanbase had erupted when Borini was selected ahead of the highly favourite Halilovic. People couldn't understand why he wasn't selected with Milan's roster on the edge of string with almost 6 players missing through Injury and suspension. Here are the reasons why halilovic wasn't selected
1. Halilovic is a product of the hype created around they hype he had 5 years ago: a few years ago Milan fanbase erupted when Milan had signed a highly rated wonderkid called Hachim Mastour, who was touted as the next Zidane. He was just so good that he could do any trick in the book and dazzle defenders. Fast forward to 2018, Mastour has been released by Milan after failed loan attempts with Malaga and 2nd division in Holland. Halilovic is no different, touted as the Croatian Messi, halilovic has highly rated to replace Messi and was a product of the La masia and upcoming Croatian youngster. However he failed to live upto the hype. He was sold to Hamburg for €5M with a buy back clause. Unable to get any minutes in Hamburg he was loaned to Gijon and Las Palmas. He didn't impress anyone over there and he was signed as a free signing to cover Suso by the bankrupt Chinese
2. Defensive workrate: To get through in Gattuso's Milan every player needs to contribute in defence including the striker. That's where Cutrone workrate got him starts. Man would track back and press opposition players into mistakes. That's not the case with halilovic. However Borini offers more in terms of pace and strength when compared to halilovic.
3. Unknown quantity and the myth of quality playing time: Most of the fans who want halilovic to start has never seen halilovic play consistently. Infact all this hype is because of his young age and his one off performance vs Tottenham in pre season. Gattuso however sees this player everyday in training and is more qualified to make judgements on him. To the fans who think playing time will increase his quality, then Borini, Fellaini and many other players with less quality would have become better with more playing time.
4. Milan is not a trial club and every game is on the line for Gattuso: Gattuso faces a lot of criticism for every game that is played. Since Milan look to win every match that is played he certainly cannot risk a win to give our reserve players or Primavera players minutes on the field.