Ruben Amorim wields the axe at AC Milan: Former Man United boss tells EIGHT stars they have no future at the club – including Chelsea flop – as he implements his five-at-the-back system
Ruben Amorim has told seven AC Milan stars that they have no future with the Italian giants as he implements a brutal cull in his first summer at the club.
Former Chelsea stars Fikayo Tomori and Christopher Nkunku are among the octet being driven out of Milan by the ex-Manchester United boss.
Amorim took charge at the San Siro in early June, just over six months after he was sacked by the Red Devils, where he won 38.1 per cent of his games.
He has got off to a poor start in charge of the Rossoneri, drawing against Celtic and Inter Milan and losing 3-0 against Chelsea last Saturday.
But the Portuguese will have the chance to put things right against his old employers in two days’ time as Milan face United in Wroclaw, Poland.
Alongside Tomori and Nkunku, he has put up for sale Youssouf Fofana, David Odogu, Pervis Estupinan, Santiago Gimenez and Philip Terracciano.
Ruben Amorim has told seven AC Milan players they no longer have a future at the club
Former Chelsea flop Christopher Nkunku will be shown the door, Daily Mail Sport understands
Tomori has had interest from Coventry City, managed by his old gaffer Frank Lampard, while Crystal Palace, Nottingham Forest, and Villarreal are looking into Fofana.
Amorim held a crunch meeting with club bosses on Thursday to discuss his plans for the season, which inevitably involve instituting his five-at-the-back system which flopped so hard at Old Trafford.
He has accepted the task of transforming Milan’s fortunes after they finished fifth last season in Serie A, which only qualified them for the Europa League.
Another of his tasks will be to sort out the future of winger Rafael Leao, who has been linked with the likes of Galatasaray and Leeds. He has been actively looking for a club.
Amorim is ready to embrace the challenge, and suggested that his task at the San Siro is even greater than his job at Old Trafford.
‘I’m really very happy to be here, it’s an honour to be the coach of Milan,’ he said.
‘Why did I choose Milan? If you read an old interview of mine you will understand it, for me a special club.
‘It’s a very big challenge that I accepted even if after the last one [at Manchester United] I told myself to accept a smaller one.
‘Perhaps it is a greater challenge than the last. I’m proud to be here, we all are, me and my staff.
Fikayo Tomori is another of the eight stars who Amorim hopes will be saying arrivederci
‘I’m at Milan to win, if you’re Milan coach you have to have this mentality,’ he added.
‘I’m not naive, I know there’s a lot of work to do, but if you’re the Milan coach you have to play to win.’
Milan last won the Serie A title in 2021-22 under Stefano Pioli.
Last campaign they were managed by Massimiliano Allegri, who had been successful with them and Juventus previously but struggled to replicate those heights despite them having no European football.
