When Chelsea signed Tiemoue Bakayoko for £40 million last summer, many considered it to be a very good signing indeed.

Bakayoko had helped Monaco reach the semi-finals during the 2016/17 season and Antonio Conte thought he would be the perfect midfield partner to N’Golo Kane.

It didn’t quite work out like that, though.

The Frenchman played 43 times for the Blues last campaign but failed to impress both Conte and the Chelsea fans.

And with new Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri bringing in Jorginho and Matteo Kovacic this summer, Bakayoko’s Chelsea career was effectively over.

So he joined AC Milan on a season-long loan for a fee of £5 million, with the option to make the loan permanent for £30 million next summer.

However, Milan might already be thinking about sending him back to Chelsea at the end of the loan spell.

Ok, that might be a bit harsh but Bakayoko had an absolute nightmare on his Milan debut.

Milan led Napoli 2-0 at the Stadio San Paolo on Saturday in what would have been a brilliant result.

Piotr Zielinski pulled one back for the home side and, five minutes later, Bakayoko was introduced as Milan tried to hold on.

But his 30 minutes on the pitch were littered with mistakes as Napoli turned the game on its head thanks to a second goal from Zielinski and a late Dries Mertens winner.

And Milan boss Gennaro Gattuso was far from impressed with Bakayoko after the match.

"Bakayoko has to learn how to get the ball," the 40-year-old told his post-match press conference. "We must work correctly. It will not be easy.

"One week is not enough to remove the defects of a player. I would have preferred to be managing older, more experienced club players."

Not a great start for Bakayoko, then…

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