Champions League 24/25: AC Milan squad, starting 11 and odds

Below is the squad that AC Milan have taken into the forthcoming Champions League campaign, with the Italian giants having some truly exceptional talent at their disposal.

• Mike Maignan, Marco Sportiello, Lorenzo Torriani
• Davide Calabria, Theo Hernandez, Alex Jimenez, Emerson Royal, Fikayo Tomori, Alessandro Florenzi, Malick Thiaw,
  Strahinja Pavlovic, Filippo Terracciano, Matteo Gabbia
• Ismael Bennacer, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Tijani Reijnders, Kevin Zeroli, Youssouf Fofana, Yunus Musah
• Alvaro Morata, Luka Jovic, Rafael Leao, Christian Pulisic, Noah Okafor, Samuel Chukwueze, Tammy Abraham

Mike Maignan is Milan's goalkeeper for the season, with ex-Tottenham defender Emerson Royal and star man Theo Hernandez ahead of him flanking two of Fikayo Tomori, Matteo Gabbia, Strahinja Pavlovic and Malick Thiaw.

The midfield trio will be made up of Ismael Bennacer, when he's fit, and two of former Chelsea midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Yunus Musah, who was actually on the books of Arsenal a brief period as a youth player, the ever-impressive Tijjani Reijndersn and Youssouf Fofana.

As for the front three, Alvaro Morata and Christian Pulisic line up alongside Rafael Leao, who is not only one of the most exciting wingers in Italy, but even the entirety of Europe.

Liverpool are the favourites to win the Champions League come May 2025, with the bookies of the belief that they're the side most likely of being crowned Champions of Europe.

The bookies think that AC Milan, on the other hand, have around a 2% chance of winning the UCL this season, with the same odds as Borussia Dortmund.

The Italian giants are seen as less likely than Inter Milan to win the Champions League, for context, with their close rivals being given shorter odds.

AC Milan kicked off their 2024/25 Champions League campaign on September 17 with a tricky home fixture against the team they met in the 2005 and 2007 UCL finals, Liverpool. The game ended for Milan in a 3-1 loss, with Arne Slot winning his European first game as Reds' boss.

On matchday two, Milan traveled to Germany to face Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen, with that game taking place on October 1, and ending in a 1-0 loss for the Italian side.

Two weeks later, Milan were back at home to face Club Brugge on October 22, picking up their first points of the competition after a 3-1 win. That came before an away tie against Real Madrid in Spain on November 5, which ended in a rather shocking 3-1 win.

Slovan Bratislava hosted AC Milan on November 26, with the Italian side winning that 3-2, before Milan played their final UCL game of 2024, a 2-1 win at home to Red Star Belgrade on December 11.

Things resumed six weeks later in 2025, with Milan beating Girona 1-0 at home on January 22. That came seven days before a disappointing performance against Dinamo Zagreb, which ended in a 2-1 loss.

AC Milan then faced Feyenoord in the competition's playoff round, losing 2-1 on aggregate to get knocked out at the hands of the Dutch side.

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