Andrea Longoni has argued that AC Milan are heading for ‘yet another revolution’ this summer, which will make things difficult for Max Allegri to build a competitive team for next season.
While this past season must be forgotten immediately, finishing in 8th place, it’s necessarily true that everything needs to be changed to return to the top. Igli Tare (sporting director) and Max Allegri (head coach) have arrived, but now it seems there will be major changes on the squad front as well.
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Some departures were expected, such as Theo Hernandez given the contract situation, but there has perhaps been more movement than expected. In his latest editorial for MilanNews, this is exactly what Andrea Longoni highlighted.
“Without major upheavals, with some targeted signings, last season’s squad could have had a great season with Allegri. Some changes are necessary, such as for the players with a breakdown at an environmental or contractual level, but now the risk is that it will be exaggerated.
“Reijnders is gone. A very painful loss, a player who will be missed for a long time, as we are experiencing with Tonali today. Theo Hernandez, meanwhile, must leave for the club’s sake.
“Maignan, after the terrible actions of the management, hasn’t renewed and now he can really leave. No one can bet on Leao’s permanence either, given the strong interest of Bayern Munich and the obvious openness of the player.
“The risk, in fact, is yet another revolution. In the event of that, Milan would start from year zero, with an almost completely new group and without any knowledge within it. The hope is that the change can be partial and not so impactful,” he wrote.
Considering what this management said just a few months ago, with there supposedly being no need for any big sales, one can’t help but feel a bit perplexed about the summer so far. Hopefully, Allegri and Tare will be able to build a competitive squad still.
Redbird is probably the worse owner Milan could get. They got the Scudetto squad and whole club staff into their hands and did amazing since that.
“Theo Hernandez, meanwhile, must leave for the club’s sake.”
You cannot bring him back in the locker room next season.
The season ended just yesterday, and we are already reading about disasters, disappointments, and questionable decisions. One thing is clear: Milan’s three kings—Theo, Maignan, and Leão—were a problem, whether people liked it or not. Perhaps the Scudetto-winning campaign created an illusion, as their performances over the following seasons never matched their high salary expectations. Letting them go may not alter the club’s fate; in fact, it could bring in players who are perhaps less individually talented but better suited to a cohesive team rather than isolated stars without a real sense of belonging.
The locker room seemed tense and turbulent, and it’s likely that some players underperformed due to an environment that was, if not outright hostile, at least highly stressful. Now, it’s time to let Tare and Allegri work and reserve judgments for later.
Finally someone more reasonable in this forum ! 👍
Hear hear! They were never (meant to be) the leaders in this club. Or any club. Sure, they can be great when they have a good day but let’s be brutally honest: they’ve had more bad or even horrible days than good or even decent ones. You simply cannot build on that.
Yessir!
I wouldn’t put Mike in the same group of troublemakers. His only sin is a dip in the form for a little while, but let’s not kid ourselves – he is and will be one of the best in the world GKs in the next few years. He had a couple of years with issues in the knees, but that seems to be behind him. Also in my view he is a good leader.
On the comment from the management, they are right – it seems we really don’t need the cash, because we are selling stars for peanuts 😀
There are a couple of things I’ve taken from the whole episode:
Maldini had a project for Milan which didn’t flow with what management wanted.
These key players (Mike, Theo, and Leao) hold Maldini in high esteem, and they didn’t take his sacking well, and therefore the project well. (this is my opinion though).
Now they want to leave, after their disastrous performance, (partly their fault mind you).
It’s true that Milan management made mistakes because they were amatuers (Ibra, Furlani, Moncada). Unfortunately they realised their mistakes late, but they’ve decided to get more experience for the Milan project. But if the lads don’t feel like it, by all means let them leave. We can always rebuild. No room for camps.
The only thing I’ll say is that the Milan management has to be patient this time around. No unnecesary pressure on Max and Tare.
How can people still call Furlani, Ibra and Moncada amateurs who made mistake and now try to make things right? They’re selling everything valuable while we have a pile of deadwood just sitting there. It’s intentional and they know very well what they’re doing. And greaseball Gerry is orchestrating it.
Every year is a ground zero. Every summer marks the beginning of a new revolution😂😂😂😂