Why M'Baye Niang Is the AC Milan Player Who Would Most Benefit from Transfer

M'Baye Niang has to find a way out of AC Milan. 

His career in Italy is stuck in a rut. He is a 20-year-old held hostage by a club that does not know how to develop young players. 

It's clear that Milan don't believe in him—not enough, anyway. Niang has only started 12 of the 38 games he has played since moving to Milan as an 18-year-old. He played more in half a season on loan at Montpellier last year than he has in more than two years with the Rossoneri. 

Whether Milan want to sell him outright is another question. It does not appear so. But Niang would most benefit from a move.

Another loan deal, this time with Genoa, is close to completion, according to calcionews24.com, per Football Italia.

There is no option to buy, but there is a great opportunity for Niang to get some time on the field. Genoa recently moved Mauricio Pinilla to Atalanta and lost Milan loanee Alessandro Matri to a long-term injury.

Just like that, the Frenchman will go from forgotten to favoured. And he will actually be playing for a team that is currently above Milan in the standings. That is the greatest indictment of all.

This is not necessarily a surprise. The Rossoneri continue to lack faith in their youngsters. They sold Bryan Cristante in the summer and sent Riccardo Saponara on loan to Empoli just last week. And there is no reason for it. It's not like Milan are playing like world-beaters without these guys. They are struggling with a first team that barely has any future (apart from Stephan El Shaarawy and Mattia De Sciglio, who have their own problems).

Maybe this is a coaching issue. For someone who spent his first couple of years coaching teenagers with the Primavera, Filippo Inzaghi is not particularly trustworthy of the younger ones.

Maybe there is too much pressure on Inzaghi to tinker with things in his first year, or maybe it is just a lack of belief. Either way, Niang deserves better than a few cameo appearances here and there. He needs more time to express himself.

Niang is still waiting to score his first goal in Serie A, and he will not have that chance where he is right now.