Montella eyeing improvement from Bonucci

AC Milan manager Vincenzo Montella has conceded that captain Leonardo Bonucci needs to improve ahead of Sunday’s clash against Roma. 

The 30-year-old joined from Juventus to considerable fanfare in July but has yet to fully settle in a Milan team who have already lost two of their six Serie A games this season. 

The Rossoneri sit sixth in the table, but are level on points with the visitors to San Siro, and Montella is demanding a significant improvement from Bonucci and his fellow defenders. 

He said: “Bonucci is not a problem and never will be. He certainly knows he has to improve his performances and was the first to admit it, but he is a resource for Milan and will be for many years to come.

“People seem to think everything is Bonucci’s fault, but I know how to get the best out of him and his playing style. We need to improve overall in defence and this is a big test, so the players will be concentrated for the full 95 minutes.

“I am determined to turn things around”
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“The internal relations are very good and Bonucci is motivated by difficulty. I am not remotely troubled.

“Roma have a super strike force and this match will give us a chance to make it a head-to-head in the table, which in recent years it hasn’t been.”