Musah aiming to repay Amorim faith

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Musah has become an integral part of Amorim's plans this season after falling out of favour under Massimiliano Allegri and spending the 2025-2026 season out on loan. 

The 23 year-old joined Atalanta but failed to make an impact, starting six games across all competitions and scoring just two goals. 

However, since Amorim's arrival at San Siro, Musah has racked up 419 minutes of action for Milan in his six outings, four of which have been from the start. 

Although he is yet to register a goal involvement, his performances have certainly caught the eye. Within the Rossoneri's ranks, only Samuel Chukwueze and Christian Pulisic have completed more dribbles than Musah's four. 

Musah's displays have seen him return to the United States national team after missing out on its World Cup squad, and he has put his resurgence down to Amorim's impact. 

"I thought maybe [he was] just saying this like other managers just to keep you there at the club," Musah said. 

"But as pre-season was going on, I saw that I was playing a lot, he was talking to me a lot, and it was true. And I started the season, played a lot of minutes, a lot of starts.

"And then now coming to the national team as well, being back here. So it's been a great start to the season, having managers believe in me again.

"As a player, that's what you want really, managers believing in you and letting you play."

Milan signed off for the extended international break with a 3-0 win over Lecce, with Pulisic, Adrien Rabiot and Moreira all on target in a dominant home win. 

The result continued Milan's strong start under Amorim, with the club sitting fifth in Serie A and just two points behind early table-toppers Roma and Inter. 

Amorim is only the third foreign manager in Milan's history to remain unbeaten in each of his first five league games, and the first to do so since Massimo Giacomini in 1979-1980. 

Milan is also unbeaten in its first five Serie A matches for the first time since 2022-2023, and it will be hoping to continue that run against Sassuolo on Monday.