Milan midfielder Franck Kessie has been on fire in recent weeks but claims the Rossoneri shouldn’t be surprised by the results against other 'great teams'.

The Ivorian has been one of the protagonists at San Siro since the resumption and he claims the hard work during the lockdown has payed off.

“During the break we continued to work hard. We did what the coach told us to,” he told Sky Sport Italia. “We followed the physical work that the coach gave us and we can see the results.

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Stefano Pioli insists there’s no secret to Milan turning their season around and admits he had problems with Franck Kessie at first. ‘We’re reaping the rewards of working together for six months.’

The Rossoneri keep on registering results, fighting back from a goal down to beat Parma 3-1, allowing them to catch Napoli in sixth place on 53 points.

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Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly has claimed it ‘didn’t look like a penalty’ as Milan picked up a point at the San Paolo and encouraged the Partenopei to ‘keep working like we are doing’.

Franck Kessie equalised from the penalty spot, as Milan came back to claim a point in Naples on Sunday  

After the match, Koulibaly claimed it’s ‘difficult’ for defenders to avoid giving away penalties in Serie A and calls for VAR to ‘help us’.

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Franck Kessie’s agent is ‘still in contact with Gennaro Gattuso for various reasons,’ but there hasn’t been a Napoli offer for the Milan midfielder.

Former Rossoneri coach Gattuso is now flying high at Napoli and fresh from winning the Coppa Italia, while closing in on fifth place in Serie A after five consecutive victories.

“Gattuso has this ability to create a strong rapport with his players,” agent George Atangana told Radio Punto Nuovo.

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Franck Kessie wants Milan to ‘prove we can beat the big clubs too’ when they host Roma this afternoon.

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“I expect a very difficult match, but we’ve worked hard and want to show what we did in training,” Kessie told Milan TV.

Stefano Pioli uses the same starting XI that beat Lecce 4-1 midweek.

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Everton and Newcastle United have reportedly set their sights on Milan midfielder Franck Kessie, but the asking price is at least €25m.

According to Tuttosport, Carlo Ancelotti had already targeted Kessie when he was in charge of Napoli earlier this season and is eager to try again now that he has taken on the Everton job.

Newcastle are also looking to Serie A for several transfer targets, so believe the 23-year-old Ivory Coast international would suit the Premier League.

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Franck Kessie has reiterated his desire to stay at Milan, where he ‘feels at home’, and was ‘very happy’ to see Gennaro Gattuso win the Coppa Italia.

Milan registered a goalless draw against Juventus in the Coppa Italia semi-finals last week and travel to Lecce on Monday for their first Serie A game since the restart.

“We’ll have to give more than we did against Juventus,” Kessie told SportMediaset.

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Franck Kessie warns Milan ‘must do much better than we did against Juventus’ if they are to beat Lecce in the Serie A comeback match.

The Rossoneri went out of the Coppa Italia semi-final on away goals to Juventus, but resume their Serie A season next week against Lecce.

“It’s going to be a very complicated game, so we must do much better than we did against Juve,” Kessie told Sport Mediaset. “Lecce are on home turf and really fired up.

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