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From retirement home to nursery: Donnarumma, Locatelli & Romagnoli give Milan a bright future

The Rossoneri are a totally different team now than 10 years ago when they won the Champions League, and can finally look forward to the future

If Juventus are called the Old Lady, AC Milan could easily have been called the Old Man.

However, unlike Juve's affectionate nickname, one would only have been calling Milan a club of old men in a derisory way. The Serie A giants have long been seen as a retirement home for players looking to wind down their careers at a successful and competitive club.

When they won the Champions League 10 years ago, they did so with an 18-man squad whose average age was 31.