Super Eagles left back, Taiye Taiwo, has been declared as unfit to play for AC Milan in the highly competitive Italian Serie A by the media of that European country barely two weeks to the start of league season.

The former Lobi Stars defender moved from Olympique Marseille of France in the summer and despite the fact that the club management have queued behind him to succeed, the press in Italy have not been impressed by his display so far in the pres-season games he has featured in and have tipped Urby Emmanuelson ahead of him.

According to them:

“ Milan are desperately in need of a good quality left winger for next season. Neither Montolivo nor Aquilani seem to be the right players to make the difference. That's why Allegri could rely on Urby Emanuelson, who finally got accustomed to Italian football. Taye Taiwo has continued to disappoint game after game. The Nigerian player who arrived free from Marseille is not in good form. The championship will start in less than two weeks and Taiwo does not seem to be ready.”

Taiwo arrived in Italy in the summer after refusing to renew his contract with former French and European champions. However, the media in Italy were of the opinion that he is still not yet in a good physical condition despite being part of the pre-season games. They believe that he is lacking in quality of good defenders and therefore seems not ready with two weeks to the commencement of the Serie A.

It would be recalled that the power-playing Nigerian was a subject of harsh criticisms from the Italian press in Milan pre-season game against Bayern Munich in the Audi Cup as he had some hard times coming up against Dutch player Arjen Robben, though AC Milan CEO rose stoutly in his defence.


http://www.completesportsnigeria.com/news/2011/08/italian-press-taiwo-is-not-ready-for-milan

TT needs to sit up o. France no be Italy.