In the summer, Milan completed ten signings and a few of them have struggled to perform so far. As highlighted by Fabio Capello, Samuel Chuwkueze is one of them and the Rossoneri must face the errors made.
After the sale of Sandro Tonali to Newcastle, Milan were able to spend a significant amount on the mercato and brought in ten players as a result. While some have done well, others have struggled to express themselves with the red and black shirt.
In his column for Gazzetta dello Sport, the former Milan manager Capello highlighted that fact, using Chukwueze as an example. Time is still needed to understand the quality of these players, but errors were made in the acclimatisation evaluation.
“The heavy turnover in the summer was a risk for Milan. The owners invested €132m in ten players, but not all of them have proved to be up to the task, at least not for now. I think of Chukwueze who in Spain, with the Villarreal shirt, did wonderful things.
“At Milan, however, he’s still a shy player. A question of settling in, of course, but also of pressure. Because the Rossoneri shirt weighs more than the others, withstanding the impact of a stadium like San Siro requires a considerable amount of personality. Like the Nigerian, other newcomers are also struggling.
“It’s a sign that the summer Mercato was important, but that perhaps some evaluation erros were made in the planning phase. No matter how innovative and fascinating, the ‘Moneyball’ system is evidently not immune to mistakes,” he wrote.
Chukwueze will get the chance from start against Fiorentina amid the absences of Olivier Giroud and Rafael Leao. In short, it’s a big opportunity for the Nigerian to show his qualities and convince the Milan management. So far, he has just collected an assist.
It’s unfair to expect every player to settle in immediately especially after coming from a different league.
In all fairness to Chukwueze, Pioli has not handle him right. Mostly given him minutes when the first team players like Giroud and Leao are not on the field.
To be fair, Pioli has mishandled a lot of players including Adli, Okafor and Chukwueze.
He’s not given them minutes to build their confidence and too often he’s bringing them on in a pressure situations where the game is already loss.
These players will do better under a manager like Francesco Farioli, De Zerbi, Italiano, Christophe Gaultier, or Xabi Alonso.
I also think a lot of injuries are because of the training method and not so much the medical staff. Therefore, it’s Pioli’s fit staff that’s causing the problems.
This is why we are seeing so many muscular injuries even for our goalkeepers which bizarre to say the least.
The sad part is, didn’t even need a right winger after Puli came. Messias or Salad & Romero would have been adequate subs.
Well evaluations are on management isn’t it? We’ll see at the end of the season and it’s still early days anyway. Chuk should get legit chances. But I always wondered why we spent money there when we didn’t need to. Money which could have been spent on a capable DM.
And this Moneyball word is getting thrown around casually. Its about getting undervalued players. We paid 20m+8 for Chuk…if he’s undervalued then Furlani, Moncada and Pioli (who requested this player ) believe he should be performing like a 40m+ player. And don’t even think he’ll max out to 28m potential
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I agree with the money all can make error, especially since player mental state is not quantifiable. Even the movie shown the Brad Pitt character take extra time to motivate the low confidence player like the one played by Chris Pratt.
Data can speak so much, but still it player-coach relationship still more important. Especially when reported that the coach is the decision maker.
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If Pioli is still the manager…. well, good luck.
