Stefano Pioli looks set to leave AC Milan in the summer and could join another Serie A club straight away, as Napoli have expressed their interest. This is good news for the Rossoneri, financially speaking anyway.
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As highlighted by today’s edition of Gazzetta dello Sport (see photo below), Pioli has a contract with Milan until 2025 and a solution will thus have to be reached in the summer. A departure with a severance pay is the most likely outcome, but this might not be that hefty.
Napoli are looking for a permanent solution on the bench, after hiring Walter Mazzari and Francesco Calzona as interim managers, and Pioli is one of the top candidates for the job. The 58-year-old could thus get a new job immediately after leaving Milan.
This is good news for the Rossoneri as they likely could terminate Pioli’s contract by mutual consent, instead of having to pay a high severance fee. There will likely be some sort of fee involved but it will be nominal compared to the salary, which would be €7.4m gross for 2024-25.
When Milan sacked Marco Giampaolo back in 2019, he remained on the payroll until the summer of 2020 and this is something the Rossoneri want to stop from happening again.