Rúben Amorim's revolution at AC Milan has taken another significant step. Ahead of the opening weekend of the 2026/27 Serie A season , the league published the updated shirt numbers for Milan's registered players. Four familiar names were notably absent from the list: Fikayo Tomori, Youssouf Fofana, Christopher Nkunku and Santiago Giménez . Their numbers 23, 19, 18 and 7 respectively have been left vacant. While the absence of a shirt number does not legally mean a player has left the club, the situation becomes far more significant when combined with reports that all four players are training separately from the main squad. For Amorim, this looks increasingly like the first major step in reshaping Milan according to his own ideas. Fikayo Tomori: The Defender Who No Longer Fits? Tomori is arguably the biggest surprise among the four. The English centre-back has been an important figure at Milan for several seasons, but Amorim's system requires defenders with specif...
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