AC Milan have had to sell a lot of players in recent history to meet finical fair play. Even with all these sales none has been more emotional than  the rest and that is Sandro Tonali. Tonali, has been a Milan fan since he was young and has always loved the club. He begged to stay at Milan at twenty-two but he had to be sold.

He was forced to move to Newcastle for 70 million to help Milan follow financial regulations. We now know that this was a hard time in his life. He would soon receive a seven month ban for Gambling on games while playing. This left the young Sandro at the lowest point of his career.

However, he would quickly bounce back, once he got running for Newcastle he wouldn’t stop. He quickly ascended to one of the best midfielders in the Premier League, with his dribbling and size making him hard to mark out of games. He has also worked perfectly for Eddie Howe blending with the already existing midfield well.

Tonali was in a whirl of rumours before the start of this season. These all linked him to a move back to Serie A, with two main teams. His former side AC Milan was the first linked team, and the struggling Juventus also saw his as a signing. But, these rumours could’ve been fabricated.

They were few and far between, and they rarely ever came from big relabile sources. Now however, there is a new approach on the deal due to a post-game quote from Tonali. Tonali was asked about his future at Newcastle, and he failed to give the most promising answer for Newcastle fans.

“This is a tough question because, you know, (in) football you need to think year for year. I don’t want to say I want to stay here 10 years and in two years, three years, four years, five years I will go was his response. This quote leaving the door open for a move away from Newcastle, could give Juventus and AC Milan fans hope.

AC Milan, bought Max Allegri in at the end of last season after a miserable campaign. They finished 8th after going through two coaches but looked to start fresh at the end of the season. However, they decided to start fresh this season, by hiring Allegri. They also looked to build a team around him.

Allegri had a list of demands, mainly in the midfield signing Samuele Ricci and Adrien Rabiot. However, there was another position he wanted to fill striker. Milan where in talks all summer to sign a new striker coming close to bringing in either Dusan Vlahovic or Artem Dovybk.

Neither of these deals eventuated for Milan, so Allegri was told he would have to use Santiago Giminez. Allegri didn’t have Giminez as his number one option but tried to make it work. However, so far it hasn’t at all Giminez has one goal and one assist in total this season.

Now he has gone down saying he was playing through an ankle injury which is now more serious. (Read more here) This will now likely mean that they will look for a Giminez replacement in January. Milan are now searching for his replacement, but really it could be right in front of them right now.

This is as Milan travel to Parma on Saturday, and Parma striker could be their top prospect. This is referring to Parmas, argentinian striker Mateo Pellegrino according to La Gazzetta Dello Sport. Milan have been closely watching him for a while sending scouts to watch him and goalkeeper Zion Suzuki play for Parma.

Milan could decide that now is the best time to move for Pellegrino. Especially if Giminez and the rest of their attack continues to be poor or injured. And if they want to keep on challenging for the Scudetto deep into this season.

Napoli are looking to defend their scudetto title in a tightly contested battle for the title. Currently, Napoli still sit in first place even after dropping points to Como on the weekend. However, they are only first by one point compared to the other top four teams.

A lot of Napolis success can be contributed to the managerial prowess of Antonio Conte. Conte focuses on strength in defence but a lot of his teams have also been strong in midfield. This is same with the current Napoli team having a strong midfield to help them finish first last season.

This midfield only got stronger this season with the signing of Kevin De Bruyne for free. However, it could face challenges to slow them down this season and could ruin their title chances. This is due to the fact that Kevin De Bruyne will now be sidelined for some time due to a hamstring injury.

They will also lose Andre-Frank Zambo Angiussa to the African Cup of Nations for a month between, December and January as he will represent Cameroon. This could leave their midfield week especially since Stanislav Lobotka is still in rehabilitation from injury but did play on the weekend.

This could mean that they will likely have to sign a midfielder to balance out the team. Sacha Tavolieri suggest this could be true through Sky Sports. He suggest that they could make a move for another Manchester United midfielder Kobbie Mainoo on a loan. Napoli have had success signing from United with Scott Mctominay coming in and winning Seria A player of the season last season.

Mainoo could make the move to Naples as he is struggling to find game time under Manchester United coach Ruben Amorim. This lack of playtime has only seen him play 17% of the possible minutes this season. United could loan him out to Napoli to give the youngster game time to learn. The deal could have a buy option with the only if Naples want Mainoo to come permanently at the end of this season.