Milan’s Franck Kessie says he needs to ‘do even better’ next season in order to help his side reach the Champions League.

The Ivorian midfielder has made 53 appearances in a productive first year at the San Siro, scoring five goals and contributing six assists.

Despite a promising start to life with the Rossoneri, the 21-year-old is targeting further improvement next term.

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Franck Kessie urged Milan to put the Coppa Italia Final defeat behind them and focus on Atalanta. “We must play to the death.”

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The Rossoneri’s confidence was hit by a 4-0 thrashing at the hands of Juventus this week, which means fifth and sixth go into the Europa League, with seventh needing to start the preliminary rounds from July.

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Franck Kessie accepts Milan had their days off cancelled after defeat to Benevento, as their trip to Bologna is “very important.”

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“This is a very important match,” the midfielder told Mediaset Premium ahead of his 50^th appearance in a Rossoneri jersey.

“We’ve got to get back on our feet after last week’s loss to Benevento.

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Franck Kessie has given his prediction for Milan’s Serie A showdown with Juventus on Saturday. “0-2 to us and I score as well!”

The match has huge permutations for both sides, with Juve needing the victory to stay top of Serie A and the same applying to Milan as they look to keep their Champions League hopes alive.

“We always strive to win, and it’ll be the same against Juventus,” the midfielder told Sky Sport Italia.

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Franck Kessie admits inexperience cost Milan against Arsenal on Thursday but asserts “now we know what we’re dealing with.”

Milan have a mountain to climb if they are to reach the Europa League quarter-finals after a 2-0 home defeat to Arsenal in their last-16 first leg, but Kessie insists his side have what it takes to not only turn the tie around but finish in Serie A’s top four.

“Regarding our physical condition, I have no doubts,” he told Premium Sport.

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Former Milan Coach Vincenzo Montella says Franck Kessié was misinterpreted, but “sometimes players try to make excuses when things aren’t going well”.

The midfielder declared this week “with Montella we did very little work in training, but it’s different with [Gennaro] Gattuso and you can see the results on the pitch”.

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A leading Milan source has rubbished fresh reports claiming Franck Kessie had expressed a desire to join Manchester United.

Several English sources reported over the weekend that Kessie had told Tuttomercatoweb he ‘dreamt’ of playing for United one day.

However, checks performed by MilanNews.it have confirmed that the quotes in question are ‘dated’ and from when he was still an Atalanta player.

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