Hernan Crespo explains why he believes Romelu Lukaku would be ‘more suited’ to the new project under Paulo Fonseca than their other target, forward Joshua Zirkzee. The Argentine famously wore the jerseys of both and Milan, as well as Parma and , in Serie A and is currently the coach of Al-Ain. about the plans for the future at San Siro, where to join Milan this summer from Chelsea.
The other is Bologna forward Zirkzee, who has a €40m release clause in his contract, but the Rossoneri are refusing to pay the €15m commission to agent Kia Joorabchian out of principle. “Zirkzee is a player for the future, whereas Lukaku seems more suited to the immediate situation,” said Crespo. “To put it bluntly, the Dutchman has huge margin for improvement, while we already know the veteran’s qualities.
Not all centre-forwards are the same, just like I was not similar to Gabriel Batistuta, which is why we could play together for Argentina.” While Lukaku is a big centre-forward who holds up the ball, Zirkzee has quite a low scoring record and provides more assists. “Zirkzee likes to drop deep and dialogue with his teammates, but also has strong physicality needed to protect the ball.
Lukaku is more old-fashioned, not in a negative way, and is more of a battering ram. He is also deadly on the counter-attack and dictates the through ball to get the whole team moving.” Milan will be under new coach Fonseca, replacing Stefano Pioli after almost five years, so we are yet to full.
