{"id":24427,"date":"2025-07-20T19:31:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T19:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/24427\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T19:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T19:31:08","slug":"cafu-heaps-praise-on-milan-target-estupinan-hes-a-perfect-fit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/24427\/","title":{"rendered":"Cafu heaps praise on Milan target Estupinan: “He’s a perfect fit”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pervis Estupinan has been heavily linked with a move to AC Milan in the last few days and according to the club legend Cafu, the left-back would be a very good signing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Igli Tare is looking for a new left-back to replace Theo Hernandez, who joined Al Hilal earlier this month, and negotiations are ongoing with Brighton regarding Estupinan. While there is a distance between demand and offer<\/a>, the feeling is that a compromise can be reached.<\/p>\n

At the age of 27, and with quite severe injury struggles, he would perhaps not be the replacement that most Milan fans expected. However, if the club legend Cafu is anyone to go by, then the Rossoneri should give him a chance.<\/p>\n

Cafu\u2019s stamp of approval<\/p>\n

Speaking to Gazzetta dello Sport<\/a> about the Ecuadorian, among other things, Cafu stated that Milan would get a very good player, at least when he\u2019s in form.<\/p>\n

What are your first impressions of Estupinan?<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve seen him several times in World Cup qualifiers, and he\u2019s very good. He\u2019s a perfect fit for Milan.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"EstupinanPhoto by Mike Hewitt\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

What impressed you most?<\/p>\n

\u201cHis speed, his ability to push forward, and the fact that he\u2019s not afraid to take personal initiative when the team needs it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Won\u2019t Theo\u2019s shadow be a burden for him?<\/p>\n

\u201cIf someone plays well on the pitch, they don\u2019t feel the legacy of those who came before them. And if Estupinan is what I saw with the national team\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

He did well in England with Brighton. Is he ready for Serie A?<\/p>\n

\u201cYour league is more tactical than the English one, but I\u2019m convinced that with his physical ability, Estupinan can do well anywhere. It\u2019s not easy to find stronger players at left back.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pervis Estupinan has been heavily linked with a move to AC Milan in the last few days and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24428,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-24427","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\/24427","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=24427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}