Milan Home Jersey 2022/23 – Tiémoué Bakayoko – No.14 – Player Issued – Puma – Italian Supercup Final – Riyadh 18/01/2023

Bakayoko's Player-Issued Jersey: The Riyadh Derby, Italian Supercup Final

A jersey that carries the specific weight of a final. The first official AC Milan jersey for the 2022/2023 season, made by Puma, is here in the Player Issued version prepared for the 2022 Italian Supercup Final, the derby between Milan and Inter played on January 18, 2023, at the King Fahd Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The date and the match are printed directly on the fabric in gold lettering: "AC MILAN – FC INTERNAZIONALE / RIYADH, 18/01/23" — a detail that makes this item a unique and unrepeatable historical document, inextricably linked to a specific event in the Italian football calendar. The red and black vertical striped design is enhanced by the tricolor shield sewn on the chest, demonstrating that Milan was on the field as the reigning Italian champion of the 2021/22 season. The main sponsor Emirates Fly Better is emblazoned on the front, while the official Supercup EA Sports patch is applied to the left sleeve. The back bears the surname BAKAYOKO and the number 14 with the ACM logos impressed inside the number itself, an exclusive technical detail of the team supply. The inner label shows the Puma style code 785822-01 and the "Made in Indonesia" inscription.

The Player: Tiémoué Bakayoko

Tiémoué Bakayoko (Paris, August 17, 1994) is a French-Ivorian midfielder who grew up in Monaco's youth academy, a club with which he won Ligue 1 in 2016/17 and reached the Champions League semi-finals — a season in which he established himself as one of Europe's most interesting midfielders for physicality, ball recovery, and defensive presence. In the summer of 2017, Chelsea bought him for about 40 million euros, placing him in one of the most competitive midfields in the Premier League. His career then intertwined with AC Milan's on three occasions: a first loan in the 2018/19 season, a second in 2020/21 — a season in which he contributed to the Rossoneri's European qualification — and finally, his definitive return in 2022/23, the year of the Scudetto. Bakayoko was a constant figure in the Milan dressing room during crucial years for the club's rebirth. The number 14 jersey with the Riyadh Final inscription connects him to one of the most anticipated moments of the 2022/23 season: the Supercup final derby against Inter, a match of immense symbolic value for Rossoneri fans and for the entire world of Italian football.

What is a Player Issued jersey?

A Player Issued jersey is a kit prepared specifically for a certain player but not necessarily worn in an official match. It differs from the commercial version due to a series of precise technical characteristics: professional finishes, personalization with the player's name and number, match-grade cut and materials, exclusive technical details reserved for team supply. It is hierarchically superior to the store version and inferior only to the Match Worn. For collectors, it represents an authentic piece of extremely high historical and commercial value, often impossible to find on the market a long time after its production.

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