CEO Giorgio Furlani has decided that he wants Antonio Conte to be the new head coach of AC Milan from next season, a report claims.
According to Quotidiano Sportivo, Conte is the first choice candidate to take over from Sergio Conceicao. Massimiliano Allegri has not been contacted but remains the second choice, while Cesc Fabregas comes after the two Italians.
In the week leading up to the Napoli-Milan game, there could well be a new added sub-plot. To be clear, nothing will be done now and only once the season has concluded can the wheels begin to turn, while trying to overcome the competition from Juventus.
Compared to a year ago, the plans of the Rossoneri. The strong doubts (for character and economic reasons) about Conte, linked to Milan as Stefano Pioli’s replacement, have been put aside after Furlani’s trip to the United States and the clarifying meeting with Gerry Cardinale.
From that face to face the CEO came out more than strengthened, with full decision-making powers also at a sporting level that ended up ‘scaling down’ even Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Senior Advisor to RedBird Capital and the right-hand man to Cardinale.
Conte the chosen one
The last word belongs to Furlani, therefore, and on Monday afternoon he also spoke again with Fabio Paratici for the sporting director role. He enjoys the trust of the controlling shareholder but above all of Elliott Management, for whom he previously sat on the Board of Directors.
It is increasingly clear that Elliott’s influence is considerable, given the vendor loan that must be repaid to the fund by RedBird, worth €489m with a deadline of 2028. “Until the loan is repaid, Elliott will have a significant specific weight on all decisions,” a source who knows the club well told QS.
Elliott and Cardinale therefore rely on the CEO, Furlani has understood that the best name to relaunch the team after a very complicated season is that of Conte, whatever the cost. But the Napoli coach today is focused only on the present and does not want to be distracted by rumours.
He has Milan in his head, but only for the challenge on Sunday evening, and he expects his team to fight for the title all the way. He still has two years of contract, but could ask De Laurentiis to release him after the friction of this season, and Milan want to be ready.
Sudah saat Pemilik Milan di Revolusi. Baik dari Elliot,Red Bird,Cardinale,Furlani beserta direksi mesti diJual dan di ganti. Percuma Milan kalau masih di kelola sama mereka. Mereka hanya mementingkan bisnis daripada Scudetto
Were you sleeping before ??????
I like the arogant way people assume Conte will just leave Napoli a team with more quality and better run for Milan.
If and it’s a BIG IF Conte does leave I’ve got a feeling he’ll not be short of offers from top leagues England Spain Germany and possibly Paris.
There is no evidence to suggest this management will spend the money needed or indeed have the expertise at the top to do good business or run the club properly as a whole.
Look at the stadium debacle let alone other obstacles within Italian football.
#GET ELLIOT / REDBIRD OUT.
I guess I need to be Cpt. obvious. You assume someone working at a club is targeting a coach without even asking is he interested? Try using your brain, at least a little bit.
This nonsense again?? He is already crashing out of Napoli within a year of them hiring. Why do think Milan will be any different? Maybe after he rage quits in a year we can bring Mourinho in next.. r some other old coach who the game has passed by.
“…already crashing out…” Not sure why you take things out of context.
Do you see who he is having to field and what position he’s currently in? With a far inferior team to Milan’s he is actually fighting for the Scudetto… And yet you think with better players he wouldn’t be fit to lead Milan?
He wants that coward Allegri. The guy that copy pasters are promoting. You know you are an amazing coach when media needs to push you…
Igor believing the voices in his head again…
What makes you think I would want Allegri? Show me one time I ever even mentioned Allegri other than to say he’s another boring old coach who the game has passed by.
So many mentally unstable people on here.
Yes, what does Napoli have like 1 win in their last seven games or something like that. They are collapsing. While only having to play once per week all season with no European play. And Napoli have a pretty strong squad. They have a better defense than Milan. They have a stronger midfield than Milan. The only thing they are lacking is some attacking players, but then he wanted Lukaku over Oshimen and didn’t want to keep Kvara.
And once again he wants out of another job less than a year after being hired. It’s a pattern with him. You think he’s going to suddenly play nice once he comes to Milan?
No, we should get that clown Allegri that can’t be 3rd with 300M invested in his team. Stfu with that mo*on already. Thankfully Furlani wants to keep his job so he needs a real winner and a leader. I’d rather have Conte and even for 8 months, to bring some winners mentality into this team.
Are Milan ready for big demand and big salary from conte ?? I don’t think so. Only in your dreams bro..