After nearly landing at San Siro six years ago, Ralf Rangnick is now once again within striking distance of a big role at AC Milan.
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Milan wanted him as coach-director in 2020, but this time they want him to be the leader of the sporting side. After days of discussions and analysis, Gerry Cardinale and his right-hand man Massimo Calvelli are now firmly leaning towards handing the reins to the German.
Rangnick convinces Cardinale
That is according to Corriere della Sera (via MilanNews), who report this morning that Rangnick has set very specific conditions to accept Milan’s offer, given the way he likes to fully overhaul things.
These include the request for complete autonomy without any interference, a staff of a dozen people, the choice of a new coach and sporting director, and management of all the youth teams.
Speaking of the future coach, today is an important day because it will be the first face-to-face meeting between the Rossoneri and Oliver Glasner, one of the names suggested by Rangnick.
It remains to be seen whether this meeting will be decisive, given that a meeting will also take place this week with Matthias Jaissle, the other candidate mentioned by the Austrian coach, who is still under contract with Al-Ahli (€5m is needed to release him).
There’s also another non-trivial issue to tackle: it’s no secret that Zlatan Ibrahimovic – who is reorganising Milan together with Cardinale and Calvelli – is absolutely not in agreement with giving Rangnick carte blanche.
What will the Swede do? Will he accept the owner’s decision and take a step back? We’ll find out very soon, especially because the German is expected to sign or break his contract within three days.