Italian journalist Franco Ordine has issued his response to the recent comments from Paulo Fonseca on Milan’s chances of winning the Serie A title this season.
Writing for Milan News (via Radio Rossonera), Ordine shares his thoughts on the criticism that many had for Fonseca after he showed what many took to be overconfidence and delusion over Milan’s chances of victory.
Inter stormed to the Serie A title last season and whilst Milan came second, they were never in the frame for the title. Changes have been made during the summer but the squad has hardly been overhauled.
Fonseca said that Milan’s objective is to fight for the title and win it, and Ordine explained that if he had gone in the other direction and said that Milan should be aiming to finish in the top four, then he would have got just as much criticism.
“As soon as Fonseca spoke about the Scudetto, the critics immediately started to jump in, shouting ‘but where does he want to go?’. If Fonseca had done as Scaroni did a few years ago, that is, saying that the important thing is to get into the top four, then others would have jumped on the scene, ready to hang him,” Ordine explained.
He then explained further that Fonseca is saying this to show that he has high ambitions with Milan, rather than to say he has the best squad in the league. He used the example of Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s rhetoric since returning to the club of Milan being on top.
“If Fonseca speaks like this it is not because he is convinced that he has the strongest team, but because he supports the mentality of Ibrahimovic who repeatedly says that he has returned to the helm of the club to win,” he said.