Vitiello: 57 goal contributions – Milan’s summer signings silencing the doubters

There have been times during the current season that fans and sections of the media have questioned the signings that AC Milan made last summer, but the numbers now say otherwise.

Geoffrey Moncada and his team completed 10 signings during the summer mercato, with the likes of Christian Pulisic and Ruben Loftus-Cheek arriving from Chelsea, plus Tijjani Reijnders, Yunus Musah, Noah Okafor and Luka Jovic among others.

Given that Stefano Pioli’s side find themselves so far behind Inter in the Scudetto race, some have jumped on the opportunity to call the operations a failure overall, despite the fact that the additions have been contributing fairly consistently.

As an example, the legendary former Milan boss Arrigo Sacchi has criticised the business that Milan did on multiple occasions, claiming that the management signed ‘too many foreigners’ and not enough Italian players who know the league better.

As Antonio Vitiello writes during his editorial for MilanNews, Milan’s summer signings have actually racked up 57 goal contributions in 2023-24 so far, broken down into 40 goals and had 17 assists.

The goals: Pulisic 12, Loftus-Cheek 9, Jovic 8, Okafor 5, Reijnders 3, Chukwueze 3.

The assists: Pulisic 8, Okafor 2, Jovic 1, Loftus-Cheek 1, Chukwueze 1, Reijnders 3, Musah 1.

Sunday’s win over Verona was symbolic in many ways, given that Pulisic scored the opening goal after Okafor’s excellent work, then Chukwueze put the game to bed late on.