Tonight's meeting between Juventus and Milan doubles as the first real examination of two forwards signed to fix each club's attack, with Milan's €74m arrival and Juventus's €53m man both under the spotlight, according to Corriere dello Sport.
Both clubs spent to reshape their front line over the summer, and the numbers put a clear figure on the expectation. Milan built their plan around a centre-forward Gerry Cardinale wanted for Ruben Amorim, a striker who scores, presses, links play and stays a threat inside the box.
That striker is Ramos, brought in from Paris Saint-Germain for €74m, a fee set to climb with bonuses. On the other side, Kolo Muani could reach €53m once bonuses are included, part of a wider Juventus outlay on attacking players designed to add quality, depth and physicality up top.
The tactical framing is where the game gets interesting. Amorim wants Milan playing vertically, pressing high and moving around Ramos, with the question of who supports him still open. Saelemaekers and Rabiot sit ahead of Cissé and Loftus-Cheek in that role, while Chukwueze holds the flank as Milan wait on Diego Moreira's permanent inclusion.
Spalletti, meanwhile, will look to feed Kolo Muani through Boga and Conceição out wide, holding a high defensive line to choke Milan's transitions before they build. The contest between the two setups turns on a single point: which side converts its summer spending into goals on the night.
For Milan, a first sign that €74m was money well placed would settle plenty of nerves early in the season.