AC Milan have been the biggest climbers in Serie A this season as the club had a big overhaul this summer. This was spearheaded by appointing Massimiliano Allegri to help rebuild the team into Serie A champions. Milan built a side to his need but they failed to sign anyone in one position.

There were rumours for Milan signing multiple strikers such as Dusan Vlahovic but they never made a deal. Milan board decided to not sign any striker prioritising other positions to speed up their rebuild. Allegri and the board of Milan thought they would survive until next summer especially with Santiago Gimenez playing for them.

Juventus’ Italian coach Massimiliano Allegri celebrates with scorrer Juventus’ Serbian forward Dusan Vlahovic after winning the Italian Cup Final…

Now however, things are looking bleak for Milan as they will now be without Gimenez for at least the next two months. This is due to his ankle injury now requiring surgery as he hasn’t been recovering, He has already missed a month and a half, however he is not recovering so Milan decided to pull the plug on surgery.

Milan are now looking for short term options that can come into the side and help boost the side above their competition. Gianluca Di Marzio reports that they are trying to sign Niclas Fullkrug on a six month loan to bring him to the rest of the season, and have begun talks with West Ham.

Milan will look for someone on a dry loan as they try to bring someone big in next season. One of these is Dusan Vlahovic which will be available as a free agent at the end of this season. He could be convinced to come to Milan to reunite with his ex coach Allegri and to stay in Italy and not have to up root his life.

The 2025/26 season is ramping up for all teams, as fixtures are coming closer together to squeeze all of the needed games. This is seeing a lot of teams, who are playing in European football play two games a week. The same can be said for Inter Milan who are set to play two games this week.

They hosted Venezia in a cup game on Wednesday beating them 5-1 before beating Como 4-0 on Saturday. There going to have to follow this schedule playing Liverpool in the Champions League on Wednesday and Genoa on Sunday. Playing a lot of games in a short time requires a lot of depth in a team.

Players of Inter celebrates during the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and Como 1907 at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on December 06, 2025 in…

This is something that Inter have, being able to rotate their squad heavily. This is also true for the centre back position, with Inter holding strong depth. Therefore, they should have no problem for the Liverpool game, except for the fact that one of their centre backs will likely miss the game.

Manuel Akanji could be out for the game as he has fallen sick reports Gianluca Di Marzio. This would mean that Yann Aurel Bisseck would have to be promoted to the side, this wouldn’t allow Chivu any rotation of the game for his players, and likely force him to make recessions for the Genoa game.

This comes at a point in time where points are critical with Inter looking to solidify a top eight spot in the Champions League. A win over Liverpool would be a huge boost, meaning they could skip out on the round of 32 and two games. As well they need all the points they can get in this close title race that has Inter one point off first.

AC Milan had a shock of a loss midweek away to Lazio in the cup 1-0. This coming after AC Milan beat Lazio 1-0 in the league five days before. However, that game was controversial as Lazio could have been awarded a penalty in the dying minutes due to a Stranjha Pavlovic handball.

But, after a lengthy review by VAR it was waived off, in my opinion the right call. Then the game would end with Rafa Leao goal being the 0nly difference between the two sides. Lazio would get their revenge in the cup only needing a Mattia Zaccagni header in the 80th minute to get past a over relaxed Milan.

Mattia Zaccagni of Lazio celebrates a goal during the Coppa Italia Frecciarossa 2025-2026 round of 16 – football match between SS Lazio vs AC Milan…

After Mattia Zaccagni scored, Milan put the footdown and made attacking changes. One of these was to bring on American, Christian Pulisic who had spent the game on the bench. While he gave Milan attacking power, they failed to convert as he has struggled for form since returning from injury.

Now however, Pulisic is set to be sidelined once again as AC Milan travel to Turin to take on Torino on Monday. This is due to a fever which is holding him back reports Gianluca Di Marzio. As it stands, Pulisic won’t be in Milans travelling side but he is fighting to play.

Tomorrow morning he will undergo a medical assessment in Milan to see if he is fit. Then it will be decided if he can play or not, if he can’t Milan will have to elevate someone from their bench. This will likely be Christoper Nkunku who will start on the field, with Santiago Gimenez falling out of favour with Max Allegri.