Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s influence at AC Milan is still the subject of mystery, and a report has suggested that he did not have much of a say in who will be the next head coach.
This morning’s edition of La Gazzetta dello Sport has a section on Ibrahimovic headlined: ‘Zlatan observes in silence: mercato and coach, Bonera and Kirovski the only choices.
The sub-heading adds: ‘Ibra has been back at the club for six months but has yet to be heard from. He doesn’t participate much and the first criticisms arrive on social media’.
On the head coach issue, the paper claim that Julen Lopetegui was contacted by the directors when Zlatan had only just been appointed by Cardinale, which means he was not able to express his opinion either way on the Spaniard.
Even Paulo Fonseca is not someone that has Ibrahimovic’s stamp. The Swede appreciates the Portuguese for his style of play, his ability to develop young players and knowing how to work with the management, but it wasn’t him who proposed his candidacy.
Looking at the options that have been mentioned, it seems that only Mark van Bommel was the only one that had Zlatan’s endorsement. The Dutchman is his former team-mate from the early 2010s and the pair have a close friendship, but so far he has only had success with Antwerp as a coach.
