“I wanted to leave PSG, but in January, it’s always more complicated to leave. It wasn’t the best option, even if I wanted it to be. Now I understand better. I was already at a stage where all I wanted was to leave. The club immediately refused, because for me to leave, they had to find a replacement. But Luís Campos assured me that he would let me go this summer”. The words of Gonçalo Ramos in an interview given to the Portuguese media caused a lot of talk, in Portugal as in Paris.
It must be said that in three seasons with the capital, he has mainly had to settle for a supersub role, having never managed to find a starting place. Which did not prevent AC Milan from putting more than 70 million euros on the table to secure his services this summer. A very strong bet from the Lombard club, and which has not yet paid off for the moment.
THE “ghost of San Siro”
Indeed, while the Rouge-et-Noir are in fifth place in Serie A, already seven points behind the leader and internal enemy, the Lusitanian striker is struggling to convince. He scored 3 goals in 11 matches in all competitions, and was again singled out by the transalpine press this Thursday. “The excuses and justifications are starting to no longer hold water. His work serving his teammates is no longer an acceptable excuse to consider his contribution sufficient. It does not meet expectations, and has not since the beginning of the summer »written for example La Repubblicawho gives him a 4/10 for his performance last night.
“Zero shots and no assists: Ramos is isolated and disappoints again. For Milan, it’s a problem”title La Gazzetta dello Sportwho clearly dresses the attacker for the winter, still emphasizing that he is not helped by his team: “At this point, he spends games engaging in rustic duels and rounds of Greco-Roman wrestling against opposing defenders. He does it because it may be the only way to prove that he is alive, that he is someone who fights and that he would like to do so. He would love to do something else but he can’t. It fails. Gonçalo Ramos remains a prisoner of himself and of a Milan which does not move forward a single point to help him”. For his part, Il Messagero even calls Ramos a “ghost of San Siro”. Nice…
