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    AC Milan, Mirabelli personally scouts Croatian promise Toma Basic

    AC Milan, Mirabelli personally scouts Croatian promise Toma Basic

    AC Milan’s 3-0 defeat against Genoa was useful for Montella to notice that he can’t rotate too many players as most of the team’s replacements are simply not as good as the regular starters.

    Montella urges to add depth and quality to the team if he wants AC Milan to compete for a Champions League spot this season.

    That’s why AC Milan’s new director of sport Massimo Mirabelli has personally scouted Hajduk Split midfielder Toma Basic, a 19-year-old playmaker who could be a quality-back up to Manuel Locatelli.

    ​Mirabelli is a lover of Balkan and Croatian football. When he was working for Inter, he scouted the likes of Ivan Perisic and Marcelo Brozovic, and he also went close to signing Tino-Sven Susic and Nikola Vlasic.

    Basic is a classic, modern centre-forward. He’s a product of Hajduk Split academy, but he spent two seasons out on loan at NK Zagreb and NK Rudes in Croatia’s second division. Being 189 cm tall, he can combine technique and physical strength, so much so he can also play as attacking midfielder.

    If AC Milan are to sign Basic, however, Mirabelli doesn’t want him to end up like Pasalic. The Chelsea loanee has yet to make season debut for AC Milan this term as Montella thinks he’s not ready to play in Serie A. The rossoneri, however, are planning to buy Basic on a permanent, one of those investments for the future that the Serie A giants have not being doing for very long time.
     
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