The decision to appoint a sporting director at AC Milan was a long one, but it is proving to be working fantastically, with the manager also in harmony.
Massimiliano Allegri arrived just a few days after the announcement of Igli Tare’s arrival, and there were certainly questions about what the pair would do together. Of course, both have knowledge of how Serie A works and what is required.
However, knowing what works and putting that into action in a somewhat toxic environment can be difficult.
Teamwork makes the dream work
It cannot be denied that the summer was a strange one. Big decisions had to be made, and there was a lot of controversy at the time with the sales of Theo Hernandez and Tijjani Reijnders. However, sacrifices needed to be made.
But, as Gazzetta dello Sport writes, the team is now built on a model of balance, thanks to Tare and Allegri. Decisions made are ‘strong and shared’ between the duo, and that goes for the incoming and outgoing markets.
From Adrien Rabiot to Ardon Jashari, decisions are made with a shared understanding, even with the sale of Theo. Then, this repeated earlier this month with Niclas Fullkrug’s arrival.
At this moment, it is also good to look around Serie A and see how dysfunctional other clubs are in the mercato. Lazio, Roma and Napoli have all had issues with symbiosis between coaches and sporting directors.
Of course, the Rossoneri have not been flawless, and some decisions are still not understood. However, the appreciation for the work done by the duo is there for the most part, and flowers are already blossoming.
I don’t think Allegri wanted Theo out, but I believe this was decided way before either Tare or Allegri were hired.
Nkunku purchase was a ballsy move that is still more probable to be considered a flop at the end. Saying so, because even Allegri didn’t know why they bought him. If he keeps improving the only major complaints on Tare’s front would be the lack of recruitment for the CB position and the handling of Gimenez (which I still can’t grasp) in front of the media right before a match.
Neither Tare nor Allegri actually decide anything on the market. Everything still goes through Fulrani.
Haha are you suggesting Furlani deserves the credit. He only the financial elements. It’s been laid out over and over. Furlani has final approval via the contract details and transfer fees etc not necessarily which profiles are targeted.
Milan transfer market is 4/10. It would have been lower had it not been for the fact that we signed Rabiot last minute due to a bust up at Marseille and also the signing of Modric.
Odogu signing makes no sense because he’s not even ready for Serie A. De winter was not an upgrade on Thiaw. Estupinan is a disaster.
Athekame is not even Serie B quality. So we have no quality backup for Salaemakers and we sent Musah on loan to Atalanta when he could have been a backup at RWB instead of blowing 10m on Athekame.
Nkunku 40m signing could have been spent on Mateta. Allegri didn’t want Nkunku. He wanted a target striker not a 2nd striker or winger.
Milan got last summer mercato completely horribly wrong. They are lucky Allegri is working some magic to keep us in a scudetto race.
Idk what you’re on Athekame has looked pretty solid in a reserve role. Musah was too hated by the fans to ever succeed. Also your comment about Nkunku is so hindsight driven it’s laughable. On July 1st if you would asked all Milan fans which player would do better it would definitely favor Nkunku. I still think Nkunku has more upside than JPM long term. Joshari, Ricci have been improvements over Musah and Bennacer. De Winter has played just as well as Thiaw ever did (didn’t Thiaw have like 4 OG by this point last season) and is less error prone and that whole operation netted Milan 20M so I’d rate that as a win. Overall I’d say 6/10 with room to go up if nkunku really has found his form.
Agreed. Well said. Only thing I think could’ve worked was Musah at RWB. I think that could be his best role and wouldn’t have minded seeing him there for an extended time.
Musah is athletic and really fast. His problem was the same as Fofana’s. He couldn’t score. For some reason being good at developing clears and moving the ball isn’t enough at Milan ( for the fans). So be it, he’s gone. But if Allegri can see value in Fofana and play him, he would have loved Musah and may have gotten more out of him. Water under the bridge.
Second place with no European Football for the rest of the season puts the team on a really good position to win the Scudetto.
Musah will return, 100%
Musah is 💯 an Allegri type player. I was a little surprised he was loaned out but there’s no denying the atmosphere around him was toxic and that’s no way for a young player to develop. For some reason some Milan fans only judge a player by their flaws rather than their strengths.
“Musah is athletic and really fast. His problem was the same as Fofana’s. He couldn’t score.”
He couldn’t shoot, pass, dribble, defend or attack. What he can do is run aimlessly around the pitch. And he was VERY GOOD at running the ball into the opponents feet. That’s it. Is that a type of player that we could use? Sure, if our goal is to finish 8th.
It’s all fine and dandy until Nkunku…. Based on how he performs will tell us more about that relationship that anything
Milan are in 2nd place with the 2nd best defence and the 2nd best attack and looking more likely to obtain their objective for the season…qualifying for the CL.