Milan is already looking for someone who can "forget Kessié"

Franck Kessié will play in FC Barcelona and this was confirmed by the Barça president Joan Laporta during his visit this Saturday in S’Agaró. To the midfielder, who was “the heart” of Milan, champion of the ‘scudetto’ eleven years later, as the former Milan player recently defined Chistian Panucci, they are already looking for “someone who makes them forget”. That was the expression that in some statements collected by The Gazzetta dello Sport pronounced Rogerio Micale referring to Douglas Luiz, right now one of the favorites to sign for Milan as a substitute for the future culé. “Douglas Luiz will make Kessié forget,” predicted Micale, a former youth coach in the Brazilian team who made Douglas debut in the Brazilian U-20 team, thus implicitly underlining the importance that he had for the ‘squadra rossonera’ Kessie, 25 years old.

Horizontal — Douglas Luiz, from Aston Villa, with Mourinho in an image from a few seasons ago

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Douglas Luiz, a 24-year-old Brazilian midfielder whose contract is ending with the Aston Villa in 2023, he is now moving up in the transfer pool at Milan, which is desperately looking for a replacement for Kessié. “Douglas Luiz comes from the favela: he’s a mastiff, he’ll make Kessie forget,” said Micale, emphasizing that “Douglas is an all-rounder, a ‘box to box,’ a born fighter, because those born into poverty have a greater desire to emerge.” “If I close my eyes and think of Douglas Luiz, I remember an eighteen-year-old boy chasing everyone around the field,” he added.

In any case, Milan’s obsession with filling the void left by Kessié is evident. The other candidate they thought of at San Siro is the 24-year-old Portuguese Renato Sancheswho has had a great season in the Lille French.

seven goals y an assist in 39 parties during his last season at Milan they speak well of the offensive vocation of Kessié, the Barça signing who will be presented in the middle of the week. Panuccion his recent visit to Barcelona to play the tournament of pádel Legends Trophyalluded to Kessié as “a very technical player, with a good foot”.