Gerry Cardinale’s involvement in the day-to-day running of AC Milan has actually increased since RedBird Capital Partners took over the club.
One of the interesting points from La Gazzetta dello Sport’s article this morning (seen below), is that Cardinale’s business interest is becoming a passion for him and he is starting to find himself more and more hands-on.
The RedBird founder has been present at all three games so far this season, meaning he was in Bologna and Rome as well as in Milan for the Torino game at San Siro, showing his desire to be closer to the action.
He is expected at San Siro for both the derby and the Newcastle United game in the Champions League as well, which would make it five games out of five.
The paper adds that Cardinale is in constant contact with the new CEO Giorgio Furlani and during the summer he followed the transfer window events on a daily basis.
Milan toxic fans who claim Cardinale would pocket the money from Tonali sale and not reinvest it to improve the team are looking like a bunch of clueless idiots now.
I am sure they can’t wait for Milan to fail so that they can rant on Cardinale. Unfortunately, this club has a bunch fake fans who don’t know anything about football. Smh
Being sceptical about this management (rightfully so considering decisions taken out of the blue in June) and hoping for team to fail are two different things. United fans hate Glazers yet they are passionate for the team and club. Get that into your limited mind.
Trust is EARNED – not given friend.
To say those who questioned Cardinale after his rocky start claiming they aren’t fans – are naive and are quite frankly, sheep. Blind loyalty is for dogs. Cardinale had/has to earned the trust of the fans. Once that is demonstrated he will be welcomed with open arms. So far so good. We shall see if it continues but all signs look positive.
So far all we have done is sell an asset (Tonali) and use that $$ to buy other players. Our transfer budget didn’t increase over the 30M or so allocated per season. It was a bold and seemingly necessary move and one that seems to be paying off. Let’s see if this is the trend moving forward – sell a major player each season to fund our transfer campaign – or hopefully in time we won’t need too and will be able to increase our revenues to a point where we can buy who we please without needing to sell a star player each time in order to do so.
Lots of work left but all signs pointing in the right direction. Keep it going Gerry
Yea but the argument is, people wouldn’t even give Cardinale a chance. 90% of comments were F this and F that and F Gerry, yourself included I believe…
Very few were on here trying to give it a chance to see how the summer played out.
As far as the budget, if you’re selling a star to fund 10 new players to come in (which for the most part have been quality) I have zero qualms with that. Gerry doesn’t need to increase the budget because Milan are self sufficient at this point. Otherwise you end up in hot water like many clubs in Serie A.
So yea, Thank You Gerry, Furlani and Moncada and FORZA MILAN ⚫️🔴
Well for me I was confused as to why they fired a fairly successful duo – a Scudetto and a UCL semi is nothing to sneeze at. Teams have spent almost a billion and still haven’t done that. I didn’t call them names but I didn’t like what they did at the time partly due to how they did it, partly the lack of respect shown to a part of the clubs history, partly the lack of reason (communicated) of why the sacking and for me the personal attachment to Maldini as I’m a fan of Milan (yes he’s not the club but he’s a very significant part).
I think they could have communicated better initially and I did mention that. They just left it to boil over amongst fans and it was ugly. I also did say to wait until the Mercato is over as it really was their first true Mercato. And imo they did a good job to alleviate quite a bit of the damage early on in the summer. Don’t get me wrong I’m still bitter and wish Maldini was in some shape or form still here as his mark is still there in the team but life goes on. These are the players we have now and the management to be supported (as Juro said the respect is earned, I did not like the Li era for instance). While the verdict is still out as it’s too early to call, they’ve done a fine job so far. And I’m hopeful for this season 🙂
That is factually untrue. If your going to attempt to make a comment about me get it right. I have always been skeptical of Redbird/Elliot and rightfully so IMO. As I said Trust must be earned not given. Once they show they are here to CONSISTENTLY build a winning team then I will fully support them. So far so good. Positive signs and I am hopeful. But that needs to be proved OVER TIME and not over one transfer window. I like the direction – but let’s see – we haven’t won anything yet. What I have also always said is that they can fix any issues by investing $$$$ in the squad. I never said F this and F that and never said I wouldn’t give them a chance. Look back and read my comments and don’t lump in a group of others. So get your facts straight if your going to mention me pls.
Also – Not every club has to sell star players to fund their transfer market – Look it up. That should be the goal and hopefully will be in time if we continue to increase revenues and build a new stadium. The Bayern model would be ideal IMO. They don’t “need” to sell. They chose when they want to. That should be our goal.
What I’m choosing to believe is that ownership plan on bringing Milan back to the level of the top say 5 teams in Europe and choose to level it up based on a successes business model run aggressively as opposed to the model of pouring money out of deep pockets until they get there. I think ego and greed at this level drive both models and I think for cardinal he wants to show he can do it based on razor sharp business execution (which includes the stadium, which is relevant to mention because he’s actually going to get it done). I choose to believe ownership doesn’t want to stop at the dortmund arsenal level (maybe so I don’t become depressed lol).
This means we will likely sell a big name next year and do the same thing and hopefully build quality and sustainability in this way. I feel like this summer was a smart summer, cohesively planned and well executed. I’m hopeful. God dammit I hope we keep getting better And god. I Can’t stand inter.
Having a sustainable business model, meaning to build strong foundations for the club to be selfsufficient in the long run is everything. I said this many times before, also in the other Milan blog. I was vocal about it when Silvio decided to sell the club. This management is doing the right steps but I remain catious. I won’t jump the hype train after one mercato, I am here to make my assessment on the long run. And being sceptical about management and hoping for team to fail are two completely different things. Take United fans and Glazers for example. Trust is earned in the long run.
“I won’t jump the hype train after one mercato, I am here to make my assessment on the long run.”
Well… I’m the type of guy who wants to live and enjoy THIS moment now and not let something that may or may not happen in a few years ruin that feeling. You could start worrying already that you’re going to die eventually (and you are btw) but what’s the point? Why let that ruin your life?
The mercato was amazing and we’re already enjoying the fruits so to speak. Sure, Milan might sell a key player next summer but why worry about it now? And if they do actually sell and get 3-4 reinforcements to lift the level of the team, is that a bad thing? Usually not.