5 squads that were overhauled this summer but have failed

#2 AC Milan

Is Vincenzo Montella the right man for AC Milan?

Summer spend: €194.5m

Perhaps the grandest restoration project over the summer, Milan started the season in a decent fashion but have since petered out and it seems Vincenzo Montella might not be the right man to guide this new look sleeping giant after all. Milan now find themselves in 8th place 10 games. At this stage last year, they were in the top four.

In the home draw with Genoa, just four of the 10 summer signings were on the field as it became apparent that Montella doesn’t quite sit well with this new look. Moreover, the biggest signing of them all, Leonardo Bonucci, forced a reshuffle to a back-three and away from Montella’s comfort zone.

The pressure is well and truly on as Milan’s owners have opted for a win-or-bust scenario this season, as they strive to make the Champions League so they can foot the bill for the loans they took out to purchase the club.

While that should not be Montella’s problem, it is clear he is feeling the weight of the task beyond just coaching the team. It has been the players who were already at the club that have propped the season up so far, with the likes of Suso shining far brighter than any of the glamorous new signings.

The two strikers Nikola Kalinic and Andre Silva have scored just twice between them while Hakan Calhanoglu has done little to disapprove the notion he’s simply a set-piece taker.

Milan expect more, far more, and there is a long way to go for them to show this is not another false dawn in their quest to return to greatness.