AC Milan CEO Giorgio Furlani will not remain in Italy during the March international break but instead will embark on a commercial mission.
According to MilanNews, Furlani will take advantage of the break to fly to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, for two days of meeting with the club’s commercial partners. It is a crucial region for Milan to continue their growth, as the CEO himself has admitted.
In November 2023, Furlani was present for the opening of the club’s headquarters in Dubai, and he spoke to The National about the opportunities in the area that the Rossoneri are looking to capitalise on.
“Opening this headquarters is a very important step for us in our journey towards the future. If you go back 10 years, we had a period of some difficulty as a club, as a company and on the pitch we went through a process of turnaround, rationalisation and change of strategy that started about five years ago,” he said.
“We have had a relationship with the region and with Dubai for a long time. There is huge potential because it is a region that is hungry for football. You see it everywhere, really. There is this love for football and this unwavering passion that is so evident. Sometimes it feels like you are in Italy.”
Milan have several long-standing relationships in the Middle East, including the commercial one with Emirates (Principal Partner and shirt sponsor since 2007). The club’s office in Dubai has made the Rossoneri the first Italian football club to open an office in the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa).
The office is a further way to strengthen the relationship with the local fan base – which sees Milan the most followed Italian club in the area – build bridges with the local community, and cultivate new relationships in this strategic market.
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I think they already know they will sell to them but when they get the stadium cooking, so they can make a bigger profit. Arabs might also need to jump in sooner when the loan to Elliot will be due.
Elliot loans of ~480 is due 2028
Rumors have it that Maldini is also in Dubai currently… coincidence?
And the Aramco rumors aren’t going away amidst marginalization of Gerry’s influence. Some outlets had reported that Gerry was the one who had found Aramco to be interested in a complete buy-out of Milan. But it seems that if this were to go through, Elliott would sideline RedBird and deal with Aramco directly.
Aramco… Maldini… I don’t know.
Redbird is the owner, Elliot holds a loan of ~480M until 2028. What you are saying is technically impossible
Read more outlets than just this one. Listen to podcasts. Stay well informed. you’ll have a better understanding of who controls Milan.
Unfortunately, Arabic news shows that Maldini is negotiating with one of the top Saudi league teams to join their management team which is why he is in Saudi.
Gerry is staying unfortunately but I hope things will change next year
in your dream lol
Sell sell sell!
This is inevitable. Gerry cannot afford Milan let alone the 13% interest payments on the 550M vendor loan from Elliot due in 2027??
He will have to sell a minority stake at the very least this summer and/or have a massive sale of our star players to raise the cash to pay the interest on the loan – Theo, Leao, Mike
Gerry is just biding his time to sell the majority stake until he gets approval in a new stadium. That will drive the value up – then he can sell. He will NEVER build us a stadium on his own – he doesn’t have the $$ and would need to borrow yet again. Which he will not do.
So we just need to wait this guy out and even truly he will seek – this time hope it’s to an owner that actually has their OWN $$ and is not tied to Elliot
Big offer from middle east. At least we escape first from redbird and his clown