GdS: Milan open to Camarda loan to aid development – move abroad also possible

By: Oliver Fisher

AC Milan’s plan to strengthen the attack in January could have a knock-on impact on Francesco Camarda’s fate, a report claims.

This morning’s edition of La Gazzetta dello Sport makes the bold claim that Milan are readying a winter attempt for Nicolo Tresoldi of Club Brugge. His price tag is already €50m, but the idea is to invest in the young striker and potentially pair him with Goncalo Ramos.

Tresoldi’s fate intersects with that of Camarda. The Milan academy graduate has barely exceeded 100 minutes of playing time this season, 119 to be precise: 83 in the Europa League, with a single start against Salzburg, and another 36 in Serie A.

He hasn’t scored and had only one real chance to score, against Bologna. He needs to play to showcase his qualities, so the club believe it’s best to try do this elsewhere, before returning fit and ready to play for the Rossoneri.

The new development is that Camarda could develop at another Serie A team, or potentially return further enriched by experience abroad. There’s no shortage of options outside of Italy, but it will be a dry loan with no option to make it permanent.

Having arrived as a child in the Milan youth academy, he won an U15 Scudetto. He also achieved a historic record: with a federal exemption required because he was still a teenager, Camarda made his Serie A debut for AC Milan on 25 November 2023, late in the match against Fiorentina.

On that occasion, he became the youngest debutant in Serie A history (15 years, 8 months, and 15 days) and the youngest debutant in Milan’s history, surpassing the previous record set by Paolo Maldini, who made his debut at 16 years, 6 months, and 25 days.

In 2024, he signed his first professional contract and began his experience with Milan Futuro, the club’s second team, created specifically to nurture Milan’s talents, without necessarily having the need to send them elsewhere to develop.

That same season, at 16 years and 226 days, he became the youngest Italian player ever to make his Champions League debut. In 2025-26, it was time to try Serie A, where he could consistently play: he moved to Lecce, where, in 23 appearances, he scored his first (and so far only) league goal.

He was bought by the Giallorossi, and then bought back by Milan (who reserved a buy-back clause), with a contract extended until the summer of 2031 in the summer, plus an option for another year.

After progressing through Italy’s youth teams, Camarda truly found his calling with the U21s, scoring four goals in six games. He was also called up to the senior national team, playing for Baldini’s ‘experimental’ squad, making two appearances.