AC Milan legend Maldini praises Daniel's impressive performances at Monza

Maldini Jr is excelling under the coaching of Alessandro Nesta at Monza, who also happens to be a former teammate of his father at Milan.

Paolo told TMW, joking: "I know him well!"

He continued: "I've always had few doubts. There are players who are early and others who are late, he probably belongs to the latter category. He undoubtedly has a quality that is not common in shooting, in seeing the game and physically he has grown.

"There are those who explode at 16, some a little later, now is the time to show what he's worth and I think he's doing it."