A Recap of Milan’s Summer Mercato

Stefano Pioli’s squad needed to be strengthened,

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so after the team won the Scudetto for the first time in 11 years and RedBird started taking over from Elliott, they went on the transfer market.

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Milan still made some significant moves in the market despite losing Alessio Romagnoli and Franck Kessié and operating once more within a tight budget.

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Yacine Adli and Tommaso Pobega returned from their loan assignments,

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while Alessandro Florenzi and Junior Messias were purchased by Paolo Maldini and Frederic Massara.

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However, Charles De Ketelaere, who joined from Club Brugge for €32 million,

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is unquestionably the most significant acquisition of the summer.

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