AC Milan are expected to hire a Head of Football/Sporting Director in the next few months and Pietro Mazzara has looked at why they should.
Before the mercato kicked off, Milan looked at several sporting director candidates and Markus Krösche was steps away from being appointed, it seemed. Yet, he never arrived and actually renewed his deal with Eintracht Frankfurt.
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Now, it seems he could leave Germany and the Rossoneri would still be at the door for him. Indeed, Krösche would still be an option, but there’d be others on the list, as a report yesterday hinted at.
With the mercato out of the way now, they can certainly give the decision a little more time. After all, this cannot be a rushed move.
Mazzara’s view
In an editorial piece for MilanNews, Mazzara looked at the Head of Football situation and why someone arriving could be a significant help to everyone.
“The longest and most tedious international break ever leads us to reflect on what AC Milan is truly lacking at this moment in history, especially at the management level.
“While on the pitch, there will be more immediate answers as soon as matches resume, it’s within the club structure that there’s a missing piece to complete, at least nominally, the vertical axis that sees Gerry Cardinale and Ruben Amorim at the two points of this axis.
“Yes, it’s the role of head of football, or, in Italian, sporting director. A strategic figure who plays a very important role in the team’s day-to-day life.
“A manager who can and knows how to interact with the owner and coach, as well as the players, is crucial. This dialogue opens up discussions, broadens horizons, and can highlight critical issues that a single-person management team misses.
“Amorim, it’s true, has been a pure manager, but having a management partner with whom he can talk and discuss can only benefit him. It could also help Cardinale with day-to-day management.
“This very long international break could have been the right opportunity to accelerate this process. The hope is that the decision can be made before the winter transfer window, when the club is expected to re-enter the scene. We’ll see.
“AC Milan’s board of directors will meet between today and Wednesday to approve the 2025-26 financial year, which ended on June 30 and will then be presented to the shareholders’ meeting at the end of October.
“For the year under review, AC Milan is expected to close with a consolidated loss of approximately €25 million, ending a run of three profitable financial years that allowed the club to exit the UEFA Settlement Agreement.
“If the loss is confirmed, the club will still be considered limited, having managed to stem the haemorrhage caused by the failure to qualify for the 2025-26 Champions League, which resulted in a revenue shortfall of between €70 million and €80 million.
“This result was also made possible by the capital gains realized from the sales of, for example, Tijjani Reijnders to Manchester City and Theo Hernandez to Al-Hilal. Indeed, it is clear that AC Milan, at a club level, has structured itself over time to be able to withstand significant financial blows, but qualification for the next edition of the Champions League will be crucial to boosting revenues.
“ The longest and most tedious international break ever leads us to reflect on what AC Milan is truly lacking”
In other words the long break has forced us to make up controversies because they lack the creativity ability and intelligence/work ethic to write a legitimately sourced meaningful piece