AC Milan's stunning transfer window laid bare
AC Milan has built a whole team for less money than PSG spent on one Neymar.
It's there when you sit down to assemble AC Milan's new signings into a team that you realise the genius of the club's transfer window activity.
With confirmation today Nikola Kalinic has completed his move to the Rossoneri from Fiorentina for a loan fee of $A7.4million, AC Milan has pulled off the remarkable feat of signing a new player in every position on the pitch.
And the ambitious Serie A club has done it for $A19 million less than Paris Saint-Germain spent on Neymar.
In fact, the most money Milan has spent on an individual is the $42million it spent to prise Leonardo Bonucci from Juventus - a savvy piece of business, given the star defender was rumoured to have fallen out with Juve manager Massimiliano Allegri.
Bonucci joins an assortment of new faces at the club comprising hardened veterans, young talents and proven match-winners.
In our 'Milan transfer XI' he joins Villarreal recruit Mateo Musachio (Villarreal, $A26m) at the heart of a backline that features Ricardo Rodriquez (Wolfsburg, $A26m) and Andrea Conti (Atalanta, $A37m)
Our three-man midfield consists of defensive pillar Lucas Biglia (Lazio, $A25m) alongside box-to-box powerhouse Franck Kessie (Atalanta, $A11m loan fee), with play-maker Hakan Calhanoglu (Bayer Leverkusen, $A32m) at the tip of the triangle.
To the forwards, where Kalinic (Fiorentina, $A7m loan fee) slots into the central position alongside Fabio Borini (Sunderland, loan) on the left and Andre Silva (FC Porto, $A56m) on the right.
Antonio Donnarumma (Asteras Tripoli, $A2.2m) - brother of Gianluigi - marshals the goalmouth.
With a literal team's worth of talent arriving at the club, Milan has that thing every manager craves at the start of the season: depth in every position.
If a glimpse of the club's recruitment savvy was there in its 4-0 International Champions Cup demolition of Bayern Munich, proof is starting to arrive more often, with Milan netting nine goals without conceding in its last two matches.
