{"id":841331,"date":"2025-04-16T13:12:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T18:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/16\/no-starts-no-problem-should-chukwueze-be-comfortable-with-being-a-bench-player-in-milan\/"},"modified":"2025-04-16T13:12:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T18:12:01","slug":"no-starts-no-problem-should-chukwueze-be-comfortable-with-being-a-bench-player-in-milan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/16\/no-starts-no-problem-should-chukwueze-be-comfortable-with-being-a-bench-player-in-milan\/","title":{"rendered":"No starts, no problem \u2013 Should Chukwueze be comfortable with being a bench player in Milan?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Super Eagles and AC Milan winger, Samuel Chukwueze, has admitted he\u2019s content with sacrificing his playing time to put his team first , <a href=\"https:\/\/Soccernet.ng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old has started just nine league games for the Rossoneri this season, scoring three goals from a total of 23 outings, which isn\u2019t convincing.<\/p>\n<p>While many younger footballers approaching their prime will want to play in as many games as possible, Chukwueze\u2019s dilemma is quite different.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_156020\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-156020\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/imago1060689336-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-156020\">Samuel Chukwueze of AC Milan seen during the match between AC Milan and ACF Fiorentina at San Siro Stadium. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>Get Our Sports News First \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VagMHLcA89MZvw0Btc21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Join Our WhatsApp Channel Now!<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/04\/odumodublvck-arsenal-real-madrid.html\">Odumodublvck features in Arsenal promo video as Gunners rally supporters to trump Real Madrid<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/04\/ac-milan-super-eagles-newcastle-chukwueze.html\">Leave AC Milan to boost Super Eagles chances \u2013 ex-Newcastle striker advises Chukwueze<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/osimhen-chukwueze-sadiq-and-bassey.html\">Osimhen, Chukwueze, Sadiq, and Bassey lead Nigerian stars\u2019 goalscoring blitz across Europe<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_150022\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-150022\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/imago1058535029-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-150022\">Samuel Chukwueze during the Italy Cup match between Ac Milan and Roma at San Siro Stadium in Milan. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe priority is the group and the solidity of our team; then, obviously I would like to play a bit more, but the team comes first,\u201d Chukwueze said prior to Milan\u2019s clash against Fiorentina, as revealed by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sempremilan.com\/chukwueze-snubbed-milan-fiorentina-team-first\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sempre Milan<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the game against David De Gea\u2019s side, the former Villareal man came off the bench to play just ten minutes. To put it into perspective, Chukwueze has played just 190 minutes of club football since the turn of the year, equaling just about two full games plus extra time.<\/p>\n<p>Milan splashed 25 million euros on the Nigerian winger in 2023, but he\u2019s yet to impress and was nearly on the way out in January. Alex Iwobi\u2019s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/02\/why-samuel-chukwuezes-move-to-fulham-fell.html\">Fulham<\/a><\/strong> were interested in the fleet-footed winger, but the delay of the transfer window meant they ran out of time to complete the deal.<\/p>\n<p>As per <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sportwitness.co.uk\/player-had-almost-packed-bags-to-join-fulham-move-could-happen-in-summer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sports Witness<\/a><\/strong>, Chukwueze already had his bags packed, as Milan boss, Sergio Conceicao, isn\u2019t fully convinced by his abilities, and the club are looking to ship him off.<\/p>\n<p>Aston Villa, Everton and even West Ham are currently monitoring the transfer situation of the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup winner.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_145993\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-145993\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/imago1056750989-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-145993\">Samuel Chukwueze injured during the Serie A match between AC Milan and AS Roma at San Siro Stadium in Milan. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For the sake of prolonging his career amongst Europe\u2019s elite clubs for much longer, quite simply, yes, but the issue runs deeper than that.<\/p>\n<p>Milan are nowhere near the club they used to be, and several of their players, including Theo Hernandez and Rafael Leao, are struggling, hinting at a systematic problem, but even these players have had bright sparks in the past. For Chukwueze, this isn\u2019t the case.<\/p>\n<p>The happy-go-lucky youngster that dumped Villareal for Milan is yet to replicate the form that saw him account for over 60 goal contributions with the Yellow Submarines.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_96179\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96179\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Samu-Chukwueze-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer Samuel Chukwueze\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-96179\">Samuel Chukwueze. [Photo Credit\/ X].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Leaving Milan won\u2019t solve Chukwueze\u2019s problems. Rather, his performances have to show how much of a top player he\u2019s willing to be.<\/p>\n<p>With offers from the Saudi Pro League, the left-footed winger faces the test of fighting for trophies in Europe or heading to the Middle East to secure life post-retirement for himself and his family.<\/p>\n<p>Should he choose the latter, the chances of his consistent presence in the Super Eagles team will reduce drastically, and at the age of 25, it would be unfortunate to see him phased out of the Nigerian Football team.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/04\/chukwueze-ac-milan.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Adefolahan Guerreiro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Super Eagles and AC Milan winger, Samuel Chukwueze, has admitted he\u2019s content with sacrificing his playing time to put his team first , Soccernet.ng reports. The 25-year-old has started just nine league games for the Rossoneri this season, scoring three goals from a total of 23 outings, which isn\u2019t convincing. While many younger footballers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":841332,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3015,2005,23522],"tags":[6372,5425],"class_list":{"0":"post-841331","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-problem","8":"category-soccer","9":"category-starts","10":"tag-problem","11":"tag-starts"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=841331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/841332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=841331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=841331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=841331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}