The ambition of AC Milan’s ownership has once again been questioned, as Inter continue to close the trophy gap between the clubs.
As MilanNews write, there’s been a lot of talk recently about how Inter have had more success in the past 20 years. While it remains true that Milan are currently the top team in Milan – in terms of prestige, trophies won and seniority – the trophy gap has been closing.
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Inter will win the Scudetto at the end of May (if not before) and will reach 47 trophies. If they also win the Coppa Italia, which is also a strong possibility given they are in the final against Lazio they’ll move on to 48. Milan is stuck at 50.
RedBird’s move
This ownership has already made history by helping their cousins become the first to win a second star, in a ‘home’ derby for Milan. Will they also manage to surpass them in terms of overall trophy wins?
The seven Champions League titles that Milan have won will most likely never be overtaken by their city rivals, but since at the start of the season, all anyone talks about is Champions League qualification, starting with the top brass.
The President and CEO believe participation in Europe’s premier competition is essential to ensure continuity for the sporting project, but if the end result isn’t silverware then what is the point of it all?
We all know that Italian clubs need the revenue from the Champions League, including TV rights, box office revenue and bonuses for advancing to the next round. Participation is fine and necessary, but Milan are a club and a team that must win. The crest on the shirt dictates it.
If the requisite ambition is not shown, then it could hurt the owners through fewer tickets sold, fewer season tickets bought and less prize money too. This has been the only language understood at Casa Milan for a few years now, so perhaps writing it this way will spark a few lights.
If the Rossoneri continue like this, being overtaken by the Nerazzurri is certainly not far off. Then even the ‘eternal runners-up’ will be able to raise their voices after a lifetime spent in the shadows. Words and false proclamations aren’t enough: Milan must win.
DEVI VENDERE!!!
From 49-42 to 50-48 or 50-49 (don’t forget SCI) in 4 yrs, splendid, wonderful, we’ve dreamt of this…
To say that this was expected would be a major understatement. Somehow now Milan might win the NBA before any trophy in football.
Not even that under Redbird.
Who cares?
To be fair, Inter collected at least 3 but probably like 5 league trophies after ratting on the rest of the league and then captured some of those teams best players (including Ibra). While the rest of the teams tried to recover, Inter were left untouched and that gave them a huge advantage for at least 5 years. Once that settled down, the status quo returned and Juve won the majority of the time. Milan have never been cereal winners in the league but that combined with their European titles made them what they are. We need to be able to compete on both fronts to continue the Milan DNA. This management team doesn’t look up to the task.
Ridiculously biased take.
Inter won their first star in 1955-56, whilst Milan won their first star in the 1970s.
It was just because of Berlusconi’s era that Milan even caught up and overtook, but make no mistake these things come in ebbs and flows.
The fact you are trying to blame Redbird for something that has already happened with the First Star is ridiculous.
I know many Milan fans hate the current ownership for things they did, but to blame them for falling behind Inter, when it’s already happened more than once in our long history, is just dumb as bricks.