{"id":222282,"date":"2025-10-13T19:59:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T19:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/222282\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T19:59:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T19:59:10","slug":"gds-athekame-ready-for-milan-debut-vs-fiorentina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/222282\/","title":{"rendered":"GdS: Athekame &#8216;ready&#8217; for Milan debut vs. Fiorentina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The news of Alexis Saelemaekers\u2019 injury is certainly not ideal. However, AC Milan feel they can cope with the help of a summer signing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There is no denying that Saelemaekers\u2019 situation is an interesting one. In the summer, Massimiliano Allegri kept him at the club; now, he is probably the most important player in the team. Without him, the system becomes a bit difficult to imagine.<\/p>\n<p>However, it may just be a pre-emptive worry, and Milan may actually be able to manage without him.<\/p>\n<p>Athekame ready<\/p>\n<p>Reports this morning suggested that there were <a href=\"https:\/\/sempremilan.com\/allegri-considering-three-changes-saelemaekers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">three possible options<\/a> to alleviate the issue of not having the Belgian available. Now, though, it seems Allegri may be able to continue as normal, with a direct replacement.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"747\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ac-milan-v-ssc-napoli-serie-a-27.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-313445 has-webp\" alt=\"Zachary Athekame Milan\"   style=\"aspect-ratio:1200\/747;max-width:1200px\"\/>Photo by Marco Luzzani\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>As Gazzetta dello Sport wrote this morning, via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milannews.it\/rassegna-stampa\/milan-athekame-dovrebbe-sostituire-saelemaekers-contro-la-fiorentina-prima-da-titolare-in-rossonero-per-lo-svizzero-593624\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MilanNews<\/a>, it may be the time for Zachary Athekame against Fiorentina. The spot \u2018should\u2019 be taken by the young Swiss full-back, and he is \u2018ready\u2019 to make his debut.<\/p>\n<p>It would add to a fantastic week for the youngster, after he was given a first senior call-up to the Switzerland national team. The reasoning for that was due to absences, and his Rossoneri debut could be down to the same thing.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/sempremilan.com\/athekame-impossible-turn-down-milan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">chance to announce himself<\/a> for club and country, indeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The news of Alexis Saelemaekers\u2019 injury is certainly not ideal. However, AC Milan feel they can cope with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222283,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-222282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}