AC Milan (loan)[edit]
On 14 August 2018, Bakayoko signed for
Serie A club
AC Milan on a season-long
loan for a fee of €5 million with an option to make the move permanent for €35 million.
[28][29]
His career in Italy did not get off to a good start, and he was labelled
'confused’, 'a disaster', and 'messy' after a poor performance in a
UEFA Europa League game against
Olympiacos, in which he gifted the Greek team the opener in a 3–1 win.
[30][31] However, his form improved dramatically late in 2018.
[32]
Bakayoko was subjected to racial abuse by the travelling Lazio ultras during the second leg of the
Coppa Italia semifinal match against
Lazio, in which the game was not suspended and saw Milan eliminated 1–0.
[33][34]
Return to Monaco (loan)[edit]
On 31 August 2019, Bakayoko agreed to rejoin Ligue 1 club Monaco on loan until the end of the
2019–20 season,
[35] with an option to make the move permanent for a reported fee of €42.5 million.
[36]
Napoli (loan)[edit]
On 6 October 2020, Bakayoko returned to Italy with
Napoli on a season-long loan. He would play again for
Gennaro Gattuso, the current manager of the club who was in charge of A.C. Milan when Bakayoko spent the
2018–19 season there.
[37] He made his debut for the club on 17 October 2020, as Napoli beat
Atalanta 4–1 at home.
[38] On 10 January 2021, he scored his first goal for the club to grant Napoli a late win, 2–1 at home to Udinese.
[39]
Return to AC Milan (loan)[edit]
On 30 August 2021, Bakayoko returned to Milan on a two-year loan until 2023 with an option to buy.
[40] On 11 December against
Udinese, he started the match in the midfield alongside
Bennacer, On the 17th minute, he failed to receive the latter's pass which was intercepted by Udinese players and ended in their only goal of the match which ended 1-1.
[41] On 22 December, he came on as substitute against
Empoli, he gave the opponents a penalty after the ball touched his hand
Not exactly glowing reports,would he still be on loan?