Zlatan Ibrahimovic no longer appears to be the key man in the appointment of a new head coach and director(s), a report claims.
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According to what is being reported by MilanVibes, Ibrahimovic was not present at the meeting with Oliver Glasner on Tuesday. RedBird’s Senior Advisor ‘has taken a step back’ in recent days, with Massimo Calvelli and Gerry Cardinale taking full control of the entire selection process.
The goal is to eliminate internal conflict, make a decision based on a shared vision, and guide a coherent and clear project based on this, ignoring past disagreements and with a shared belief in what is being accomplished.
Ibra out of the picture
There has been speculation in recent days that there was a clear divide in the upper echelons, with Ibrahimovic favouring Arne Slot as the head coach and Ramon Planes as the sporting director, while Cardinale favoured the Ralf Rangnick route.
What emerges is that Zlatan no longer appears to be at the forefront of the decision-making process for Milan’s future. This is evidenced by his significant absence from the meeting with Glasner, even if we don’t know the exact reason for this at the moment.
Even the reliable Matteo Moretto reported on Tuesday that there seems to have been some quite strong disagreements between the Milan owner and his Senior Advisor.
“But even here, we can anticipate that in these hours of great reflection, restructuring, and discussions at Milan, there have been some rather heated discussions between Ibrahimovic and Cardinale, certainly for the good of Milan and to reach solutions that can be useful and beneficial for the club.
“At this time, there’s also a bit of uncertainty and tension is growing. Ibrahimovic and Cardinale, those who must reorganise the organizational chart, still don’t have a clear path forward.”