Fonseca;(...)TWO PLAYERS OUT – “Origi and Ballo-Touré are called up, but for Milan Futuro. They will not be part of the first team.”
REDUCE INJURIES – “It’s not about the coach and the staff. We changed the medical department when we had many injuries and we were not satisfied. We think we have found the right path.”
IDENTITY – “Milan are a club with a history of attacking football, and we want to dominate proceedings. That’s what I want to build here: a reactive, attacking-minded team that does not let others think and plays well. I want to win, but the playing style is important, so I want to make the fans proud. I think this is important: build a team with a strong identity.
NEW STRIKER – “We all know that we need a striker. We are together trying to bring a striker with appropriate skill sets. We want to play in the final third so we need a strong striker in this regard. We know which player we want. We are waiting to have him here shortly.”
MORATA – “I don’t want to name anyone. As we said, we clearly know who is the player we want. What we know is that we want great quality for this position, which is very important. We lost Giroud, so when we change, we change to improve. To us, it’s clear. The striker must give a lot to the team. We know the characteristics and the player we want. I believe he’ll be here soon.”
MANY INJURIES LAST SEASON – “I don’t know the reasons, but we’ve been talking to Milan Lab since yesterday to avoid having more. The number of injuries is increasing because there are many games, but I am confident we won’t have many problems.”
DEFENCE – “I don’t want to make comparisons. I have a different way of defending compared to the past. I know that in Italy there is a tendency to play man-on-man. Sometimes, we’ll do it, too, but I am not a coach who always plays like this. The approach will change with a defensive midfielder.”
NEW STRIKER – “It depends on the players we have and the structure we want to use. At Lille, I even played without strikers. I believe we need a different striker in different parts of the pitch. It depends on the strikers’ skill sets. What we know is that we want to play in the last 30 meters. So we need a player who is able to play without much space in the last 30 meters.”
