AC Milan CEO Giorgio Furlani spoke once again about the issue of racism in Italian football, and answered questions about the potential for more business to be done in January.
Milan entertain Bologna at San Siro tonight hoping to make it five league wins in a row, and it was confirmed earlier in the week that a special initiative is planned during the game to raise awareness in the fight against discrimination.
Meanwhile, there is a lot of focus on the potential to build momentum domestically and get back into the Scudetto fight, especially after Juventus dropped points at home against Empoli earlier in the evening.
Moreover, there is swirling speculation regarding the possibility of Milan making further additions to the squad in the last few days of the window, with Stefano Pioli admitting he would like another defender.
Furlani spoke on Sky a few minutes before kick-off and he was asked about a few different issues, starting with how racism in being handled after the Maignan incident last weekend.
“We must not forget the events of last weekend which are disgusting and shameful. We have always been attentive to these issues and today too we will have initiatives,” he said (via MilanNews).
“We don’t want them to be forgotten and to just go and play. With the institutions and the other teams, we want to do with Serie A. We need to change. Mike? He’s fine, he wants us to stop just talking but to do something.
“In the 16th minute the match will stop for a brief moment, but I won’t tell you more, I don’t want to ruin the moment and the surprise.”
Are Milan looking at the table after Juve’s draw?
“Milan are looking at today’s opponent who is strong and insidious. We are focused on ourselves and doing well.”
Do Milan need some of Jakub Sinner’s spirit?
“On behalf of Milan I congratulate him for what he has done and wish him good luck.”
What is Zlatan’s role?
“Zlatan is a very curious, capable, intelligent person. I was surprised in a very positive way, I have a very good and fantastic relationship with him. Milan are lucky to have him and I am lucky to work with him.”
Will a defender arrive before the window closes?
“We are doing well. The players who are playing in that role are doing well, even Gabbia who is back. Our injured players will return. We have a very solid group and we don’t have any urgency to do something just for the sake of it.”
Is tonight’s opponent Joshua Zirkzee a target?
“We’ve never talked about it, you journalists do it more!”
welp nice draw with bologna then you should have sign players but instead u dont have 2nd cdm no proper cb not high quality cm then wtf you guys doing??????
What is Zlatan’s role?
Furlani:
“Zlatan is a very curious, capable, intelligent person. I was surprised in a very positive way, I have a very good and fantastic relationship with him. Milan are lucky to have him and I am lucky to work with him.”
Ok. Thanks for making it clear…
Ha spat words, and ended up saying absolutely nothing on the subject matter of Zlatan’s role at the club.
Amusing.
Bro I have no clue what that response was 🤣🤣🤣. I thought when the journalists were guessing it sort of made sense because they’re just speculating but when the CEO can’t even remotely answer the question… facepalm 🤦♂️
It seems you now have more money to spend than Maldini did and you still cannot get things right.
LOl. Like this is a surprise??? I have been saying it over and over – smoke and mirrors. Talks of getting first a striker then a CB (other than Gabbia) was more PR Spin by Redbird to get all the fans excited for nothing. Again I’m not necessarily for buying in January just for the sake of buying but it’s no surprise they didn’t spend – no reason to from their perspective – 3rd place is looking comfortable and out of UCL and Coppa Italia – so why spend? Moneyball gents. Terracino was the big get at 5M lol. Ya that should definitely make us push for the title. They are happy with 3rd and that’s about as good as it will get this season.
Ya and agreed that response on Ibra’s role was about as much of a non-answer as they come. Hilarious