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Milan director Paolo Maldini and his son Daniel have both tested positive for the Coronavirus, announced the Rossoneri.

“AC Milan confirms that Paolo Maldini, the club's Technical Director, became aware of contact with a person who subsequently tested positive for Coronavirus and began to display symptoms of the virus himself,” read a statement from AC Milan.

“He was administered with a swab test yesterday, the result of which was positive. His son Daniel, a forward in AC Milan's youth team who had previously been training with the First Team, also tested positive.


“Paolo and Daniel are both well and have already completed two weeks at home without contact with others. They will now remain in quarantine until clinically recovered, as per the medical protocols outlined by the health authorities.”

They are the first figures from Milan to test positive for Coronavirus.

This news comes just hours after Juventus confirmed Paulo Dybala is the third player to test positive, after Daniel Rugani and Blaise Matuidi.

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New problem for the Rossoneri. Captain Alessio Romagnoli could be cut from Gazidis’ project because of his high salary.

While building up for next season, the Rossoneri will have to resolve another internal problem, which is far from easy to deal with. It’s about the future of AC Milan captain Alessio Romagnoli. Tuttosport reports that the defender can be cut from the new project.

The reason would be the severe wage cap that the CEO Ivan Gazidis intends to enforce. According to reports, Gazidis wants to limit the wages of Milan players to a maximum of €2.5 million net per season with very few exceptions.

A problem for Romagnoli, which currently earns 3.5 million per year. A million more than necessary, at least according to future restrictions imposed by Elliot and Gazidis.

If the captain does not agree to cut his salary, it could be hard to see him for a long time with the number 13 of Milan. A very complicated hypothesis, given that offers from foreign clubs are not lacking.

This promises a new clash between Milan and agent Mino Raiola, who in reality has been evaluating international offers for his client for some time. Romagnoli is tempted by several top clubs with Atletico Madrid and Barcelona reportedly interested in his services and ready to exploit the cracks in his relation with Milan.

The Rossoneri are with their backs to the wall. They will have to decide whether to exclude Alessio Romagnoli from this limitation or sell him in the summer (with a capital gain). AC Milan signed Romagnoli in 2015 for €25 million while today he is worth at least twice. Meanwhile Raiola is preparing to exploit another profitable situation for him.
 
Paolo Maldini, who tested positive for the coronavirus, had missed the last league game against Genoa on March 8, not attending the stadium (match played behind closed doors), because he had felt the first symptoms though slight ,he was feverish, and in agreement with the medical staff had stayed home. Milan will not subject the players to tests because none of the players to date has symptoms, and the last contact with Maldini occurred more than 15 days ago. Milan will therefore proceed with the self-isolation that the club has imposed since March 10 and will last at least until April 3
 
Maldini: “I would like to thank everyone for the messages of love and concern for me and my son [Daniel]. We are fine. We should be virus-free in around a week.
 
Luciano Spalletti may be the best choice for Milan. Ralf Rangnick represents a risky bet for the Rossoneri bench, in need of certainties.

Ralf Rangnick continues to be considered the favorite for AC Milan’s bench, but would he really be the right man? The German is certainly a great football expert but he has no experience in Italy, a league where foreign coaches have struggled.

For years he has not been training continuously, preferring to take an executive job looking for new talents. Between Red Bull Salzburg and Red Bull Leipzig he boast a great number of talented players signed by him and his collaborators. Relying on Rangnick as a coach represents a bit bet for an AC Milan that needs certainties instead.

Precisely because certainties are needed, the ideal coach to take charge at AC Milan would be Luciano Spalletti. His resume speaks for itself. The 61-year-old from Certaldo has practically always achieved the goals set by his clubs.

In the two years he spent at Inter, he qualified for Champions League before being replaced by Antonio Conte. The Italian coach has also had positive experiences with Udinese, Roma and Zenit Saint Petersburg. Maybe in the European cups he hasn’t particularly shined but in the national leagues he has often done well.

Spalletti is a very good coach and knows Serie A quite well. The desire for revenge on Inter could further stimulate him to do well on the other side of Milan, where, however, plans for the future have yet to be clearly clarified. The current lack of clarity is certainly not a good calling card to attract a coach like him and players of a certain level.

If AC Milan’s plan will truly be to focus on low-cost young talents, avoiding experienced veterans and without being able to immediately aim for return in Champions League, then it will be difficult to convince Spalletti. Without forgetting the high salary of the former Roma and Inter coach, who earned over 4 million net per year at the Nerazzurri. His arrival would be desirable, but today it is difficult to make predictions about the Rossoneri’s future.
 
In our mid-season review of Milan’s Primavera team, we lifted three players who in our opinion, are the closest to reaching the senior squad. Daniel Maldini, Luan Capanni and Marco Brescianini.

This is the second article in a series of three where we will profile these three players, and in this article, it’s time to take a deeper look at Luan Capanni.

Capanni joined Milan’s primavera on a free transfer last summer ahead of the 2019-20 season from Lazio’s primavera. Originally, he’s a product of Flamengo’s academy – just like senior Milan players Lucas Paqueta and Leo Duarte. However, through his ancestors, he holds an Italian passport and has even expressed interest to play for the Azzurri in the future.

Capanni has stolen the spotlight whenever he’s played for the primavera this season and has been one of three players from the primavera this year worth highlighting of a move up to the senior squad in a somewhat near future – along with Daniel Maldini and Marco Brescianini.

*Profile and skill set*

As a player, there are a lot of similarities between Capanni and a young Zlatan Ibrahimović – with the exception of Capanni being more selfless and preferring to drop deep and get involved in the build-up phase.
The Brazilian is 190 centimetres tall and weighs 82 kilograms, according to his agency.

Despite this, he’s very athletic, dynamic and fast – not ordinary traits amongst big players.
Capanni’s main strengths are his technique, his intelligence, wise decision-making for his age, using his big body to his benefit and his quick thinking.

As mentioned above, he likes to drop deep from his striker-position to get involved in the buildups, and especially his quick thinking and big body becomes useful then.

He tends to outmuscle his defender, turn up and put the ball into play quickly and start an attack for his team in situations where the ball comes from his own half.

It’s obvious that Capanni always wants to have the ball. Whether it’s in buildups or in the box whilst his teammates have the ball around it. Speaking of the box, that’s where a lot of similarities to Ibrahimović comes to show.
As with Ibra, Capanni has great anticipation to see where the ball will arrive in the box and find himself there, ready to finish it right away or use his brilliant first touch to peg up a chance for himself to finish on the second touch.

Capanni’s stats show that he is very efficient in this role, even though he takes on a lot of responsibility in the buildup-phases. In his first season in Italy with Lazio’s primavera 2018-19, he scored 13 goals in 19 league games, and with Milan’s primavera this season he’s scored 9 goals in 12 games.

As a reward for his top performances in Lazio’s primavera, senior coach Simeone Inzaghi handed Capanni his Serie A debut in the final game week of the 2018-19 season against Torino.

Other reminders of Ibra come from his tendencies to take long shots (with a great right foot) and his will to put on a show on the pitch where he lives up to the Brazilian stereotype of playing samba-ball. There’s a lot of back-heel flicks and flair.

*Areas for improvement*

As of now, there aren’t any big flaws in Capanni’s game, but he needs to be tested on a higher level as both his experiences of Primavera football has come in the second tier (Primavera 2).

That would be the logical next step in his career, to see how he measures with the best talents in Italy in Primavera 1.
In Primavera 1, the best talents in Italy plays – except those in the Serie A teams’ senior squads – and that would see Capanni grow. However, this is a question to when, not if, as Milan’s primavera re-qualified for the Primavera 1 after a year in the Primavera 2 where they went undefeated.

With the situation being as it is in the world at the moment, you can’t know when this is going to be, but it will happen at one point – and let us tell you, Luan Capanni will be ready.

Lazio really tried to keep a hold of him when Milan signed him last summer, and it’s no coincidence that Simeone Inzaghi handed him his Serie A debut and three games on the bench for Lazio. He saw the potential in Capanni, as Maldini did when he signed him.
Capanni is regarded as one of Rossoneri’s biggest talents.

He was seen as one of Lazio’s biggest talents before he was snatched up by Maldini and head scout Geoffrey Moncada on a free transfer last summer.

And Capanni was a very highly rated prospect at Flamengo’s academy as well. As he belonged to the same class as Real Madrid’s Vinicius Jr. and Lucas Paquetá – that’s not a lightweight epithet to be given.

Luan Capanni Dias is certainly one to look out for in the future, and maybe the not too distant future either…
 
AC Milan forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic is considering retiring at the end of the season, with the Coronavirus emergency making the Swede miss his family in his native country of Sweden, according to a report from Italian media outlet Calciomercato.com today.

The report details how the 38-year-old Swedish striker, whose contract expires with the Rossoneri at the end of the season, is unhappy about Zvonimir Boban’s departure from the club and isn’t keen on the prospect of being a part of CEO Ivan Gazidis’ project. The player is considering retiring at the end of the season and returning to his native country.

An interesting idea for Zlatan post retirement, the report continues, is to enter into a partnership with super-agent Mino Raiola and become an agent himself. Other potential options for his future, although less likely, include joining Adriano Galliani and Silvio Berlusconi at Serie C side Monza or starting a career as a coach. He is incredibly unlikely to sign a one-year contract extension with Milan.
 
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Antonini reveals interesting story of when Beckham got injured at Milan


In the year of 2010, while on loan at AC Milan from LA Galaxy for the second consecutive season, David Beckham suffered a serious injury as he tore his Achilles tendon. Subsequently, he missed the World Cup that year.

That also marked the end of his Rossoneri adventure, returning back to the MLS side in the summer. In an interview with Tuttosport (via MilanNews.it), his former teammate Luca Antonini spoke about the English star.

“If he had a superstar attitude? Absolutely not, on the contrary. He had a crazy humility that I haven’t even seen in some Serie C players. He was a great professional. The first to arrive and the last to leave – Beckham was like that,” he began.

The defender also revealed an interesting story of Beckham’s injury, having watched the game against Chievo from the stands due to an injury. As he described it, the midfielder’s impeccable professionalism was also shown in that tough moment.

“I can still see when he hurt his Achilles tendon. I was injured that day and I saw everything from the stands. I immediately went down to the locker room and I remember the mental strength David dealt the situation with.

“He was in incredible pain, but nevertheless he told the doctors to cut the sock immediately and get on with it without waiting. He clenched his teeth and even overcame that with great professionalism,” he concluded.

Despite the injury setback, Beckham seems to be fond of his time at the San Siro, always talking well of the club. In addition, he made a full recovery and continued to shine in MLS with LA Galaxy, putting the league on the map.
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Milan's fundraising effort in support of those fighting against the Coronavirus has reached almost €500k thanks to donations from players, staff and fans. The money raised will be used for vehicles, equipment and medical supplies.

The club also announced Milan fans from China have donated 12,000 masks to Milan hospitals to protect doctors, nurses, hospital and medical staff who are fighting a daily battle against the virus.

Forza Milan 🔴⚫️
Forza Italia 🇮🇹
 
Napoli coach Gennaro Gattuso sent a message to “fans all over the world”, encouraging them to “stay at home” during the coronavirus pandemic
 
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