Former AC Milan sporting director Ariedo Braida has criticised those currently in charge of the club for assembling a squad that is ‘mid-table’.
Braida has certainly had enough experience in football to know what it takes to win. He was the sporting director of Monza from 1981 to 1984, before moving on to Udinese and then Milan.
He held a position at Milan as the CEO from 1986 to 2002 and then he became sporting director of the Rossoneri, before leaving in December 2013 after 27 years at the club.
Since then he has worked for Sampdoria and in February 2015 he became the sporting director of Barcelona, dealing in particular with negotiations with foreign clubs, but he left in 2019 in what was quite a messy exit.
Braida worked last as a general director of Cremonese before leaving his role on 30 June and he made some statements to Radio Sportiva regarding the period that the Rossoneri are experiencing, with his comments relayed from Calciomercato.com.
“I think we need to look at things from within. If you work for Milan you have to know their history and level: now there are players who are not up to the club’s standards, but not only there,” he began.
“In the past there were few teams that fought to win the Scudetto, the players sometimes have the ability to prove that they are wrong: many times mistakes are made, but the problem is that when you sign a good player it will only be time that will tell if he really is.
“At Milan right now there are ups and downs, they’re not a great team and I say this honestly. They’re a mid-table club, which haven’t even made it past the Champions League group. They’re not at a high level at the moment.
“I am in love with the Rossoneri, I would like to see them competitive, touring Europe and fighting for the scudetto, but instead it is just a good team in which something is missing and there are critical issues behind, in the middle and in attack… in all departments.”
