{"id":17521,"date":"2025-07-21T06:41:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T10:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/modric-and-gimenez-absent-from-ac-milans-preseason-tour\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T06:41:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T10:41:33","slug":"modric-and-gimenez-absent-from-ac-milans-preseason-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/soccer\/modric-and-gimenez-absent-from-ac-milans-preseason-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Modric and Gim\u00e9nez, absent from AC Milan&#8217;s preseason tour"},"content":{"rendered":"The new additions Luka Modri\u0107 and Mexican striker Santiago Gim\u00e9nez will not be part of AC Milan&#8217;s pre-season tour of the Asia-Pacific region.\n\nThe Milan coach, Massimiliano Allegri, has called up 26 players for the tour, which includes three friendly matches in nine days. They will face Arsenal on Wednesday in Singapore before playing against Liverpool, Premier League champion, three days later in Hong Kong.\n\nMilan will end the tour against Perth Glory on July 31 in Australia.\n\nModri\u0107, 39, is currently on vacation after playing with Real Madrid in the Club World Cup. The Croatian midfielder joined Milan as a free agent last week after leaving Madrid as the most decorated player in its history, with 28 titles.\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a4.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0721%2Fr1521588_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Luka Modri\u0107 con la camiseta del AC Milan.\" title=\"\"><figcaption>Luka Modri\u0107 se uni\u00f3 al AC Milan despu\u00e9s de 13 a\u00f1os en el Real Madrid. Giuseppe Cottini\/AC Milan via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;We hope to see him on August 4th,&#8221; Allegri said about Modri\u0107 before his team&#8217;s pre-season tour. &#8220;He is a champion and will raise the technical and leadership level.&#8221;<\/p><cite>Allegri<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nGim\u00e9nez is also scheduled to join the preseason on August 4. The Mexican international is on vacation after helping his national team win the tenth edition of the Gold Cup earlier this month.\n\nGim\u00e9nez scored five goals in 14 league appearances for Milan since joining the club in February from Feyenoord. Milan finished eighth in Serie A last season and missed out on a European spot.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Our main goal is to play in the Champions League again, which will not be easy because there are very well-equipped and competitive teams in Italy,&#8221; said Allegri.<\/p><cite>Allegri<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nAllegri recently returned to Milan for a second spell, replacing the dismissed S\u00e9rgio Concei\u00e7\u00e3o. He led Milan to the league title in 2011.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new additions Luka Modri\u0107 and Mexican striker Santiago Gim\u00e9nez will not be part of AC Milan&#8217;s pre-season tour of the Asia-Pacific region. The Milan coach, Massimiliano Allegri, has called up 26 players for the tour, which includes three friendly matches in nine days. 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