Milan, Maignan and Rabiot are back! They are at Milanello, Amorim has put an end to the controversy

AC Milan are back from their winning pre-season friendly in Poland and won't have long to wait before returning to the pitch. Ruben Amorim still has plenty of work to do to get the team fully tuned in to his technical and tactical ideas. The session starts at 11am, with a recovery workout likely for those who played yesterday, while Maignan and Rabiot are unlikely to take part as they undergo physical and fitness tests to assess the clinical picture and decide where to begin. Their presence has, however, been confirmed, with the extra holidays at the centre of the controversy now officially over.

In recent days, the two France internationals' decision to ask the club for a few extra days of holiday has sparked plenty of debate. Their return was initially set for 12 August, but the club agreed to push it back by a few days until today.

That has angered the fans, not just because it came with questionable activity on social media, Maignan, for example, removed every reference to AC Milan from Instagram, but also because, as captain and not involved in the tour, he did not even turn up in Milan for Franco Baresi's funeral.

Ruben Amorim, the coach and the all-powerful figure at Milanello, tried to calm the waters yesterday. The Portuguese manager said: "Rabiot, Modric and Maignan had more days because they played more. For me that was important. I gave those extra days to the players because I already knew they would not have been able to play in today’s match. So I gave them another three days. Nothing will change. And for me it is really important to say that it was my decision, not the players’. They had a full programme and they followed the programme, because we have proof that they did it." Will that be enough to repair the rift with the fans?