MASSIMO ODDO AND MILAN FUTURO WILL RESTART FROM SERIE D NEXT SEASON AFTER RELEGATION, AND THE INTENTION IS TO CREATE AN EVEN MORE YOUTH-DRIVEN PROJECT, ONE WHICH HAS DRAWN COMPARISONS WITH BARCELONA’S B-TEAM WHO WERE ALSO RELEGATED. TO THIS EFFECT, THE FIRST SIGNING OF THE SUMMER IS THROUGH THE DOOR AND IT IS CASTIELLO, WHO WAS LINKED INITIALLY IN RECENT WEEKS. A STATEMENT ON THE CLUB’S OFFICIAL WEBSITE READS AS FOLLOWS:
“AC MILAN HAS OFFICIALLY SIGNED ALEX CASTIELLO, WHO JOINS THE ROSSONERI AS PART OF THE MILAN FUTURO PROJECT, AN INITIATIVE DEDICATED TO NURTURING AND DEVELOPING YOUNG TALENT. THE FORWARD, BORN IN 2007, ARRIVES FROM ATALANTA AND HAS COMMITTED HIS FUTURE TO OUR COLOURS. THE 18-YEAR-OLD PLAYS AS A CENTRE-FORWARD AND HAS ONE GOAL IN FOUR GAMES FOR ITALY U18S. HE HAS THREE GOALS AND SEVEN ASSISTS ACROSS 50 APPEARANCES WITH ATALANTA FROM U17 LEVEL UPWARDS.”
