This summer, AC Milan owner Gerry Cardinale has been infinitely more present than he has been in recent years and he will be back at Milanello shortly.
Before this year, there had been regular complaints about the lack of Cardinale’s presence around Milan. Whether it was at the club’s headquarters, the training ground or even at San Siro, the American was hardly seen.
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After the restructuring of his vendor loan to buy the club, though, he has been much more prominent. Meetings and visits have been regular and he has attended a few Serie A games in 2026.
So, seeing him around is not uncommon and he will return to Milano shortly, with the season about to kick off.
A chat with Rafa
As Gazzetta dello Sport writes, as seen below, the American wants to speak to the team and Ruben Amorim to support them or let them know their fate.
Starting with the latter, his biggest meeting will perhaps be with Rafael Leao, who could be added to the list of players excluded after chats with the owner. Indeed, the last meeting saw Fikayo Tomori and several others banished and Leao could follow.
Cardinale wants to ‘clarify the Portuguese’s fate’. It is no secret that he can leave the Rossoneri this summer and Galatasaray have been interested, but they have not offered the right fee (nor has anyone else, for that matter).
Perhaps the American will speed up the process in this meeting; who knows.
Other meetings
Aside from that meeting, the owner also wants to have talks with other individuals to gauge an idea of the team’s mood. He wants to ‘convey enthusiasm and support’ ahead of the opener this weekend.
Then, a talk with Amorim will clarify any final targets for the mercato, given there are still missing pieces…
There is plenty on the agenda, but Cardinale is prepared to tackle it.
Very interesting matter
Good . Lmeao should be banished 100%.
Needs to be made aware he will rot till January if he doesn’t leave.
It’s ridiculous to say the things and behave the way he did in the summer and now casually saying he wants to be here still and asking for ridiculous salaries from other clubs to leave. Gtfo you lazy poisonous bum
*lmfao
I’d be happy for him to stay just to see geniuses like you get angry for the entire season. Honestly, it is one of the best things here, why I come back.
The club can’t seriously exclude him but also be turning down 40M offers. Those reports are contradictory.
But anyway, if he wants to be here then I’d rather get the most from him; we’d be churlish to think he can’t contribute as an option different to the others we have.
I’d love to be a fly on the wall when Cardinale tries to sell his “project” to these players… There’s so much to unf*ck after years of f*cking everything up due to sheer incompetence.
How do you even try to get some credit or competence back, especially among the senior players at the club who have seen what the club had become under his ownership? How does he even get anyone to take him seriously outside of the people who just got here in the summer?
I don’t know man. Makes sense if the likes of Pulisic and Maignan are on the fence about sticking around. Good Luck I guess but you better be convincing AF.