The possible deal with Lazio, Tomori Tavares, can turn a surplus into a useful piece: here's why Milan has several reasons to evaluate the operation.

Among the many operations that Milan is evaluating in this market phase, the hypothesis of an exchange between Fikayo Tomori and Nuno Tavares deserves particular reflection. The English defender could transfer to Lazio while the Portuguese would make the opposite journey, with an evaluation of around 20 million euros for the exterior.

The Milan would solve the Tomori problem

The first benefit would be mainly strategic. Tomori no longer seems central to Ruben Amorim's project and finding a solution for his future would allow Milan to free up space in the squad and, potentially, also economic resources.

Keeping a player out of the project means occupying a box without obtaining a real contribution on the field. An exchange would instead allow to transform a surplus into an immediately usable resource.

Tavares responds to a specific need

And it's here that the deal becomes particularly interesting. Milan is looking for a player capable of interpreting the role of exterior to the whole band, a position important in Amorim's tactical idea.

Tavares, for characteristics, can offer leg, physique, thrust and ability to attack spaces. It's a profile that could give the technician a different solution compared to the interpreters already present in the squad.

The advantage would not be only numerical: it would be mainly tactical. Milan would have a player more suited to covering a position that the new system requires with continuity.

An operation that can create value

There is also another aspect not to be underestimated. If Tomori is considered a player to be sold and Tavares is valued around 20 million, Milan would have the possibility to move the value of the squad towards a role considered a priority.

It would not be a simple disguised sale, but a real rebalancing operation.

Naturally, Tavares would have to demonstrate that he can guarantee continuity, reliability and above all adaptation to Amorim's requests. But precisely because Milan needs to build a squad consistent with the new project, the exchange can have a very precise logic.

In summary, Milan could lose a player no longer central and obtain at the same time an exterior that serves the system, lightening the squad and increasing tactical alternatives.