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Thiaw a surprise? Not for Pioli and the club

For Stefano Pioli they were there no doubts from the start: a player with great prospects, he said in August. And without ever denying himself, he continued to promote him, between conferences, before and after matches, until yesterday, when the qualification for the quarter-finals of the Champions League (after 11 years) became a reality thanks also to this 21-year-old who was playing in Serie B up until 10 months ago. German: Kane is a very strong striker but suited to Malick’s characteristics. He has personality, very good talents and applies himself. Grow further. Like his value, which practically quintupled in seven months. Thiaw managed to convince Pioli to the point of making him revise the hierarchies into one three-way defense in which a place for him has now become a certainty.

But, speaking of conviction, there was immediately that of Thiaw himself in wanting to marry the Milan cause in the summer despite other interests (also from the Premier). But the boy was impressed by the talks with Maldini and Massara. The latter has recently made no secret of the healthy and right pressure that one inevitably experiences in a club like Milan but Thiaw and the other young players have to prove they can overcome it. And they will make it, even with Pioli who knows how to get the best out of them. Thiaw is one of these, capable of summarizing the Milan-thought of a project in which young people (low-cost purchases) manage to become certainties.