As another season draws to a close in which AC Milan have failed to capitalise on the anticipation and expectation which surrounded the San Siro at the start of the season, the Rossoneri can at least begin to look forward to a future which now appears brighter than before.
The spending of €200m in a transfer campaign which saw the high-profile signings of the likes of Andre Silva for €38m from Porto and Ricardo Rodriguez from Wolfsburg, as well as the snaring of iconic defender Leonardo Bonucci from rivals Juventus set a tone of excitement and great expectation in Milan last summer.