The credit that Paulo Fonseca built up after the derby win against Inter has expired, and he must once again put together a run of results otherwise he could lose his job.
As Calciomercato.com write, the victory against the Nerazzurri led a lot of fans to believe that Fonseca had made a cohesive team ready to compete for the title but this notion melted like snow in the sun with the two defeats against Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League and Fiorentina before the break.
The latter in particular brought to the surface all the dressing room problems that Milan have been having since the start of the season as some big names let the side down again, and Fonseca is not ready to be seen as the coach who can’t get his players to respect him.
In the press conference on the eve of Milan-Udinese he continued along the same lines of communication as in recent weeks: he put all the problems on the table, with direct and strong language. Perhaps too much for what we are used to, and the club’s leadership too.
The message can be summed up like this: “I’m in charge here and I don’t care if the players don’t agree with my choices.” While waiting to find leadership in the group, the Portuguese coach reiterated that he is the main boss when it comes to the squad.
The question that arises spontaneously is the following: should Fonseca’s act be considered more of an act of courage or a further risky strategy? The former Lille coach has decided to implement a real revolution for tonight’s game with Leão, Abraham and Gabbia out, in addition to the suspended Hernández.
Those who expected the Rossoneri management to take a stand in front of the cameras and fans during the international break were disappointed, as nobody spoke.
Off the record, support for Fonseca was reiterated, but the Portuguese knows he has to live day by day because another misstep against Udinese could make the situation worse.
Edin Terzic – the former coach of Borussia Dortmund – continues to send messages about being open to taking over, but in the event of a sacking Milan are more likely to hire an Italian.
Max Allegri and Maurizio Sarri have not been directly contacted but have sent the message that they are open to taking over during the season. Igor Tudor’s name remains on the table too.
If Fonseca gets fired then I expect Furlani, Ibra and Moncada to be fired too and Cardinale should sell the club.
They had all summer and parts of last season to plan for a new coach and they didn’t consider Allegri or Sarri. So it’s most likely they will go for Terzic or Tudor.
Milan has the script on how to ruin and mismanage a football club and it’s simple. Just hire inexperienced people in management who don’t have a clue about management and running a football club.
What a clown show at Milan with Cardinale being the biggest clown of them all.
I Cardinale fired all those people (and I agree he should) then that would be a sign of redemption and he wouldn’t need to sell the club – at least not definitely.
Redbird is a pot of money and as such it is no better or worse than any other pot of money in elite football. it is a pot of money that is making awful decisions and that needs to change. No guarantee the next pot will do any better.
*If
You expect. lol.
You expect. lol.
I think it should be sarri and not Allegri mainly because of the formation difference
Allegri to me is abetter coach than sarri and at such ,milan shud hire allegri ….fonseca has no grip on the players or management staff and to me ibrahimovic is a bad influence
No Allegri please!
Pointless Scrutiny…
Allegri is not a good coach! I have always said it and I still say it. He only “tries” with already established sides. He came to Milan and inherited a good team and won the scudetto. What haplemwd after he let those “men” leave? Starting with Pirlo. He went to Juve and inherited a good team from Conte and that’s it. When he came back to Juve, he thought Ronaldo would be there doing the magic but Ronaldo left and he was exposed. What happened after then? We all know the story.
He can not build this Milan! Sarri is a far better coach than Allegri.
Sarri and Allegri are NOT the solution,think of De Zerbe thats all.The management missed on Conte who offered to continue on Milan’s project.