With AC Milan desperately needing a rebuild in the summer, there are multiple names being put forward for the roles. However, criticism has arisen for the targets.
On paper, Milan have a team that should be competing for the Scudetto every year. Rafael Leao, Theo Hernandez, Mike Maignan, all fantastic names on paper, but this season they have been below the standard required.
Unfortunately, the best players this season, and last season, have been the ones that haven’t stolen the headlines – Tijjani Reijnders, Youssouf Fofana, Matteo Gabbia, for example.
The Rossoneri have a real issue with the idea of the quality within their squad, compared to the actual talent within it, that performs consistently, and this is a worry for
“Milan has sunk into crisis with its own hands. Sometimes the criticism reaches us before the interested parties. It’s like sitting at a poker table. The player looks at his cards over and over again. He thinks a hundred times about what to throw on the table, but someone comes by and sees the cards. The solution is simple.
“If you think about it too much, you make the wrong decision. At Milan they did everything by themselves. A mess. Anti-football.
“From Furlani to Moncada from Ibra to the choices of the Portuguese on the bench. They had guessed half of them right. Two wasted transfer sessions. First the summer and then the winter. And no one will be able to tell us: afterward, we’re all good. We said these things right away.
“Those who regret Maldini are wrong. Paolo had won, true. He had put things in order, true. The attitude, however, was not Milan-like.
“Maldini believed he was the owner and not an employee. Of course, if the person who comes after is called Ibra, then Paolo becomes a giant as a manager. Now we need to clarify. We are talking about coaches. If you don’t take the Director first, there is no point in naming coaches. Here too, however, we will get there. The first thing is to completely reset the company. In all its components.
“You cannot start again with just one name from those currently in charge. Who chooses the Director? This is the first question to ask. Ibra? God forbid. Furlani? As he himself admits, he is not a football man and therefore cannot choose the DS.
“Luckily for Milan, Berta will not arrive. Overrated profile. Mendes, the man, executor and not decision maker. Club manager but not Director. Not needed. Tare? We need Italian management. Tare has been in our country for 100 years, but the result does not change.
“Milan needs a Manager who has already played to win and not to make capital gains or fourth places. Too much chatter has surrounded Tare in Rome and working with Lotito is one thing, working at Milan is another.
“Paratici is the only name that can be spent for Milan. Someone at Milan is snobbish and lets us know that Paratici has been disqualified, but if we start playing this game, then 99% of the clubs should not have a manager. Let’s leave the puritans, or fake ones, at home. Paratici is the right man to restart Milan.
Unfortunately, there is now a risk of further appointments being made with the idea of their quality, rather than established results, which you feel would only further hinder their chances of success.
This is very good article.
It’s a stupid article.
Amen. An article full of half-truths to justify its conclusions which are wrong.
Paratici ruined Juventus, the problems he made are still felt, and even now Juventus fans curse his name. Same at Tottenham.
De Zerbi had a good first season in England (someone might say with a team that Potter had built and taken to the top), but not so much the second season when he had mid-week games. In France, Marseille was eliminated from French Cup, has one game per week, and yet he got only 49 points out of 24 games (aka a top 4 average)
This man is genius !
I said the De Zerbi should been hired before Fonzi and now we are in crisis.
Like the results show DeZerbi in England, Ukraine, and now in France say no more !
Money pinching Furlani will make money for Cardi but in the long run cost him a lot as well!
The management wanted to hire obedient coach, that’s why they don’t consider De Zerbi and Conte.
And also why they sacked Maldini.
He never considered himself an owner. He saw how to win and was honestly blunt. Cardinale didn’t like that.
Until Cardinale changes, things don’t get better.
You are absolutely right ‼️the egoistic Ibra only wants a coach who is yes man and obey him.
Look at youth project, he hired Bonera because Bonera is his friend and yes man and Look what happened, Abate is proven to be good coach and he is doing well at another team. Ibra hired two foreign coaches and they are bad tempered coaches and don’t get along with players even though they may be obedient to Ibra…
Ibra want Conte as a coach to begin with, as for Abate, he wants a step up in his career and got a serie b job. Milan Futuro only start in serie c, that’s why he didn’t want to extend.
Finally someone speaking the truth, enough with the foreigners, both management and players, we need Italian blood, our identity has gone and you can see that on the pitch, we must have a core of Italians otherwise we are nothing but a bunch of random imports being paid to chase a ball, no identity, no character, no style, no history. Our best teams have always had a core of Italians with talented foreigners added and an Italian manager.
I agree on De Zerbi, but disagree with Tare, he has proven record that is hard to match. Italian or not, but sure somehow being Italian which Tare is (at least by citizenship) makes a difference.
I would also consider some other new good upcoming coaches, and possibly asking Galiani to come back.
Can u explain to me why u thunk tare would be good for us because it seems like he’s on pole to be our next sporting director. Obviously I don’t know much about tare, the only players I know that tare signed and did well were milinkovic savic, Luis Alberto, immobile, acerbi and maybe Felipe Anderson. But tare has been at lazio for 15 years and I can only name a few good signings he has made
Lazio were able to fight for CL spot consistently with little resources they have.
He said we should hire Patrici – not Tare
No I’m talking about Milanezis comment, he said tare is a good sporting director
This management didn’t want a winner. They wanted a spineless yes man like Fonseca who wouldnt make a fuss about minimal spending and zero plan. These guys just care about making money for themselves, not making the club relevant in Europe again. Ibras quote in the summer is the poster of this ownership and management; “we don’t need a top level manager right now”. Useless and clueless. Now we pay the price for their incompetence
Maldini – a legendary club icon – was a defining and enduring symbol of AC Milan. His unceremonious dismissal for telling the owner the truth as to what needed to be done to build a great team that would be able to compete at the highest levels in Italy and Europe was a very foolish mistake – a huge blow to the club’s identity.
AC Milan is a revered global cultural institution – not a sterile and soulless fungible. You mess about with its unique history, personality, and individuality at your peril.
De Zerbi would be a good appointment as coach. But he’ll end up in the same bad place as Fonseca and Conceicao if the squad isn’t strengthened with the addition of several world-class players.
AC Milan’s problems begin and end at the very top with the owner. To resurrect the club as a force in world football, Cardinale must restore its Italian identity by bringing in first-rate Italian players to serve as the core of the team; respect its traditional red and black shirt colors; not put profit ahead of sporting success as the club’s primary goal; and build a new stadium with Inter on the sacred San Siro site as soon as possible, amongst other steps that need to be taken urgently.
And yes, he must eat humble pie and bring Maldini back. Maldini the Martyr – not Ibrahimovich the Itinerant – is Milan. Maldini’s Second Coming will help usher in a new Golden Age.
Milan does spend a lot more after they fired Maldini. It is not just because of not spending. Everyone they bought underperformed (excluding Emerson Royal; everyone see he will flop miles away except Milan’s Management). Agree they should bring Maldini back
Messiah IN; False prophets OUT! Bring back Maldini, who was martyred for telling the truth. For the Red Cardinal, it’s now a time of reckoning; the chickens have all come home to roost. If we lose to Lecce next week, it will be another nail in the coffin. AC Milan’s demise this season will be almost complete.
“Those who regret Maldini are wrong. Paolo had won, true. He had put things in order, true. The attitude, however, was not Milan-like.” NOT MILAN-LIKE? who the f*ck this f*cking Michele Criscitiello? clown..!
HE IS 100% right for the first time, the whole breakdown without any false accusation and pin pointed the whole issues.
Milan problem is what they did to Maldini that gives the team motivation.
They should apologize to him and sell the club to person that will hire him.
That’s all.
The way the conversation here is all about yes men. Berlusconi hired yes men too. Ancelotti had basically 0 say in the market. That was all Berlusconi and Galliani, Berlusconi even told them how to set up the squad. The difference between Berlusconi and Cardinale is Berlusconi actually had the knowledge to coach the squad, and he was a lot richer than Cardinale. The problems came when he had to shift between running the club and running the country.