AC Milan are looking for a new sporting director and most likely a new head coach too, with an ex-Juventus duo having ended up on their list.
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Calciomercato.com confirms that Sergio Conceiçao’s adventure has now reached its final stages. In all likelihood, the Portuguese coach will not keep his job for the 2025-26 season, even if he could yet win two trophies inside six months and obtain a European spot.
There are three names that currently stand out on the list of director candidates: Tony D’Amico, Igli Tare and Fabio Paratici. Any one of the trio could be entrusted with leading Milan into a new era, which obviously includes the choice of manager.
A few weeks ago there was a dinner between Paratici and Massimiliano Allegri, one of the names linked. The resolution of some past misunderstandings was achieved and there is a good harmony between the two.
It is possible if not probable that Milan were among the topics they discussed. In the past few weeks Paratici has already had a couple of meetings with Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Gerry Cardinale about the possibility of joining the Rossoneri.
He has not yet met with CEO Giorgio Furlani but the ex-Spurs director has made it clear that he is open to joining Milan. Paratici used to working under pressure at a top club, having worked at Juve in a very successful era and alongside Beppe Marotta before he left for Inter.
Allegri meanwhile has already had a stint at Milan, winning the league title in 2010-11 having arrived from Cagliari amid scepticism. Following another title challenge in 2011-12 and the gradual weakening of the squad, he was sacked in 2013-14 before going on to win 12 trophies at Juve.
As we wrote about in a recent feature, there seems to have been a campaign in the Italian media to talk up the idea of Milan going for the Paratici-Allegri duo, as part of some kind of overall ‘Italianisation’ of the club.