{"id":9400,"date":"2025-07-14T15:43:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T15:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/9400\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T15:43:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T15:43:04","slug":"reijnders-out-and-3-new-signings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/9400\/","title":{"rendered":"Reijnders out and 3 new signings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Luka Modric is<a href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/modric-arrives-in-milan-very-happy-to-be-here\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> ready to sign his contract with Milan<\/a> as the Rossoneri are preparing for significant changes in the middle of the park, but how will Massimiliano Allegri\u2019s midfield look in 2025-26?<\/p>\n<p>New <a href=\"https:\/\/sempremilan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Milan<\/a> director Tare didn\u2019t lie <a href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/tare-milan-5-new-signings-leao-theo-maignan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">when he said<\/a> at the end of June that the Rossoneri would make big changes to their midfield for 2025-26.<\/p>\n<p>The Serie A giants had already sold Tijjani Reijnders to Manchester City and were on the verge of signing Samuele Ricci from Torino.<\/p>\n<p>How Milan\u2019s midfield will change in 2025-26<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Milan-celebrate-Bologna.jpg\" class=\"lazyload lazyload wp-image-889977 size-medium\" alt=\"MILAN, ITALY - MAY 09: A general view of the inside of the stadium as players of AC Milan acknowledge the fans after the Serie A match between AC Milan and Bologna at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on May 09, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani\/Getty Images)\"  data- style=\"aspect-ratio:1200\/800;max-width:1200px\"\/>MILAN, ITALY \u2013 MAY 09: A general view of the inside of the stadium as players of AC Milan acknowledge the fans after the Serie A match between AC Milan and Bologna at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on May 09, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>The Italy international has already begun pre-season preparation at Milanello, while Real Madrid legend Modric landed at Malpensa Airport on Monday to start his spell with the Rossoneri.<\/p>\n<p>Massimiliano Allegri didn\u2019t reveal his ideal Milan system in his <a href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/allegri-sets-milan-target-2025-26-job-1-hour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">unveiling press conference last week<\/a>, but even if the Italian tactician deployed a three-man defence during most of his latest tenure at Juventus, he\u2019s expected to switch to a 4-3-3 system at Milan this season.<\/p>\n<p>Technically, Ricci and Modric will compete for a starting spot as the Rossoneri\u2019s regista next season, while Youssouf Fofana will be a box-to-box midfielder with more defensive duties than a new signing that Milan hope to welcome in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s no secret that Milan\u2019s primary target to replace Reijnders is Club Brugge talent Ardon Jashari, who has reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/jashari-snubs-west-ham-nottingham-forest-milan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">snubbed offers from West Ham and Nottingham Forest<\/a> to move to San Siro next season.<\/p>\n<p>On paper, Milan\u2019s starting midfield next season will be formed by Ricci (or Modric), plus Fofana and Jashari, but it remains to be seen whether the Rossoneri will reach an agreement for the Swiss midfielder.<\/p>\n<p>Who will leave Milan after Reijnders?<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/manchester-city-fc-v-wydad-ac-gr.jpg\" class=\"lazyload lazyload wp-image-902462 has-webp size-medium\" alt=\"PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - JUNE 18: Tijani Reijnders of Manchester City looks on during the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 group G match between Manchester City FC and Wydad AC at Lincoln Financial Field on June 18, 2025 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by David Ramos\/Getty Images)\"  data- style=\"aspect-ratio:1200\/800;max-width:1200px\"\/>PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA \u2013 JUNE 18: Tijani Reijnders of Manchester City looks on during the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 group G match between Manchester City FC and Wydad AC at Lincoln Financial Field on June 18, 2025 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by David Ramos\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>The Rossoneri are also ready to listen to offers for USMNT international Yunus Musah, who, as admitted by Tare, doesn\u2019t have the required characteristics to play under Allegri next season.<\/p>\n<p>Yacine Adli and Ismael Bennacer are also not part of the Rossoneri\u2019s plans, while Ruben Loftus-Cheek is seen as a midfielder who can provide goal-scoring opportunities in his third season at San Siro.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ruben-Loftus-Cheek-Milan.jpg\" class=\"lazyload lazyload wp-image-878467 has-webp size-medium\" alt=\"MILAN, ITALY - NOVEMBER 23: Ruben Loftus-Cheek of AC Milan looks on during the Serie A match between AC Milan and Juventus at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on November 23, 2024 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani\/Getty Images)\"  data- style=\"aspect-ratio:1200\/800;max-width:1200px\"\/>MILAN, ITALY \u2013 NOVEMBER 23: Ruben Loftus-Cheek of AC Milan looks on during the Serie A match between AC Milan and Juventus at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on November 23, 2024 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>The ex-Chelsea midfielder struggled with injuries last term but had netted six goals and provided two assists in 29 Serie A appearances in his debut campaign at San Siro.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s one of the most complete midfielders in the European panorama,\u201d Tare said during his unveiling press conference in June.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe can be a key player for Milan next season: we must try to manage the injury situation better, but the player\u2019s value is beyond discussion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe can also be replaced with some new additions with different characteristics to Reijnders, also because we want to play with a three-man midfield that can be transformed during the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>                                &#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tPost navigation&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Luka Modric is ready to sign his contract with Milan as the Rossoneri are preparing for significant&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9401,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-9400","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\/9400","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=9400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}