If appointed as the new technical director of AC Milan, then Ralf Rangnick could turn to a former Genoa sporting director amid an ‘excellent relationship’ between the two.
This morning, Gazzetta dello Sport reported that Rangnick is the leading candidate to become Milan’s new technical director. Considering how the German works, it would be a role with a lot of power, deciding all of the directors below him.
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While Rangnick and Milan haven’t reached a full agreement just yet, the Austria coach has surely thought about how the Rossoneri could look if he were to accept the gig. In that sense, just like he wants Oliver Glasner or Matthias Jaissle for the head coach role, he has other names in mind.
Spors is a candidate
As stated by Gianluca Di Marzio on Sky Italia (via MilanNews), Milan would need to grant Rangnick a lot of power for him to accept the gig. That would entail picking the sporting director, as said above, and there seems to be a candidate already.
“Rangnick has an excellent relationship with Johannes Spors, who was Genoa’s sporting director. If Milan were to accept Rangnick’s terms, they could rely on figures who already know Italian football like Spors. But I’m talking about possible scenarios; it will depend a bit on Milan’s willingness,” he stated. ‘
Spors is currently at Southampton, but he spent about two and a half years at Genoa between 2022 and 2025, so he knows Serie A well. This would arguably be a benefit as the changes Rangnick is expected to make would be quite radical, perhaps in need of an Italian touch.
This would be an excellent move, BUT I hope the SD doesn’t ignore the academy. Signing random foreigners instead of giving young Italians a chance is killing Italian football. That’s the problem with all CEOs, they simply don’t care about bringing through native talent and I don’t trust either Cardinale or Ibrahimovic will make this a requirement.
Great move, we could now go for Alessandro Marcandalli and Sebastian Otoa….they are all good young powerful defenders…
Best move …If he doesn’t get full control he should decline the proposal. Also we need new ownership and have a long term strategy and mentality. Our Milan name will soon be a joke.
Forza Milan !
Ralf Rangnick will revolutionize Italian football through Milan. He will bring players like Kyode and other young players who are ready for the next level.
It would be foolish if Cardinale doesn’t go the Rangnick project. I wanted Rangnick 6 yrs ago because even though Pioli started to improve it was clear that Elliott didn’t intend to invest a lot of money and Serie A teams cannot compete with EPL teams for players financially.
So what’s the point in still signing low budget players without a system in place to develop them from the youth level.
Turns out Iraola turned us down for Liverpool…
There’s no way Cardinale pulls the trigger on Rangnick and surrenders control to him. The German is as “One Man Show” as it gets… So articles about who Ralph will choose are utterly useless.
Rangnick is not a one man show. He has a team of COMPETENT people who has a history of success to manage Milan’s sporting business. Something Milan doesn’t have today.
Our youth project is sh!t and we don’t have a competent CEO , Sporting Director and Technical Director since Gazidis and Elliott sold Milan to Redbird.