Any exit from the Champions League will come with a level of damage, and AC Milan have experienced this in the worst way.
There are so many levels of frustration today. Unfortunately, it is being directed everywhere. Milan are not a team out of the Champions League because of the head coach, or the two incidents in each game.
It is not a fault that solely lies with the management either. Instead, it is a collaborative collapse, and this has led to a bit of an outbreak.
For this reason, there is no shared narrative, but rather a host of different opinions all dissecting different individuals within the club – a very damaging thing for anyone, let alone a Rossoneri side who have been against it for large parts of this season.
The latest onslaught comes from Alfredo Pedulla, and when speaking to Sportitalia this afternoon, the journalist spoke about the management’s part in the mess – his words have been relayed by Milan News.
“I’ll tell you three dates that make you understand the break-up of Milan: 31 August, the mutiny and Furlani talking about a non-event. Do we remember what happened on 9 October in Florence? The penalty, I shoot, you shoot, no he shoots, Tomori intervenes, he has to shoot, no he has to shoot, Theo takes the ball and they suspend Tomori with the Milan club not intervening? On 29 December the most embarrassing thing happened, the embarrassment continued unabated.
“That is, on the eve of Milan v Roma, the news that Fonseca would be relieved in any case and that Conceiçao would arrive. And do you remember the post-match dance? Fonseca arrives, ‘No I’m not talking, tomorrow I’m at Milanello, but what are you saying, training is scheduled, but ask the club, I am the Milan coach, I’m going to catch the plane to Arabia.
“2 hours later ‘No it’s true they relieved me, now comes the communication.
“Do you think it’s just the match? The match is the last wheel. If the market were to reopen tomorrow, Milan would go for Gimenez, they would go for another Joao Felix, but the directors’ market would have to open.
“When the directors’ market opens, we make the choice: ’Moncada, he’s not for you. Ibra do another story because you think you’re still the one with the backhand goal’. When the directors’ market opens up again and we can make choices about directors there will be Milan, otherwise we’ll be surprised at nothing.
“The photo that is published like that, is the synthesis of a total debacle that has no control by an absentee ownership, which has repercussions on the pitch. And it has nothing to do with the coach and his bad choices.”
Exactly, the problem started since August. Now it’s bursting. Rebuild from ground up. Bennacer leaving wasn’t much because of technical issues players can and should adapt. The club doesn’t have a real project and clear idea. We have to address the structure before we address the team
Furlani Moncada out….
Furlani deals with contracts. He’s the only one doing his job well.
Well he is supposed to be the CEO or some sort but has ZERO sport knowledge or experience.
Yes he only deals with contracts, but we need a guy who deals with more than contracts.
Moncada and Furlani out. Gerry to shut up and start hiring Italians to manage the club for him. Ibrahimovic and Conceicao will get a second chance.
Europe was always RedBird’s main priority due to financial reasons. The decisions made by the management have lead us directly to where we are now: out of Europe.
At some point there HAVE to be evaluations by Gerry to understand why we are where we are. If he keeps this management in place next season it will be very difficult to digest exactly what the F the play is here.
It’ll probably be a blessing if Gerry keeps everything the same for next season. That will finally implode the whole thing and Redbird will sell back to Elliot and then Elliot will probably sell to big oil and they’ll put Maldini back in. I can’t see Gerry giving up power to a real sporting director. His actions show that he wants yes men, he’s worse than Jerry Jones. Maldini didn’t say anything that any serious SD would say that are serious about the club they represent. Additionally, he only wanted a few targeted signings that would have cost the same as the total amount you’ve invested since then. The ONLY thing I see that he really needed to fix about himself was letting contracts expire and losing footing in negotiations for those contracts. But he was the key to bringing anyone we wanted here. If they had one more successful season beyond the UCL semi final loss, they could have gotten any player they wanted to agree to come to Milan, the magic was back. Now it’s gone and Gerry doesn’t respect how difficult it is to get that back, this isn’t the MLB. At this point, we have to prepare to have a relegation battle next season b/c I don’t see them making the actual changes needed.
I agree Maldini was not perfect with recruitment ie. Origi but what he said was true to take the club to the next level a next level coach accompanied by a few next level players was needed and instead we downgraded, pioli to fonseca, Giroud to Abraham’s, Calabria to Emerson, Tonali to whatever we have now. Saelemakers to Chuk.
Stop dreaming about oil money, that isn’t how football works anymore, nor is money the problem.
Wrong. The problems started when they fired M&M for someone WORSE. Experienced, established managers should have been hired not these clowns.
Exactly
Just go back and re-read the last interview Gerry gave.
Nothing much will change, even if we get a true Sporting Director. Why? Because Gerry has his plan and is driven by his ego. He put his investors before the fans.
Maldini was not fired because of Origi and CdK, that’s just lame excuse some Gerry fanboys throw around to feel better. If that was the case, then these clowns should be hanged by their toes naked in the middle of Piazza del Duomo for wasting more than 200 millions.
Furlani said it, Scaroni said it. They fired him in order to be able to kickstart Gerry’s own vision of the club – do it as cheap as possible and milk out of the brand name as much as possible.
24 months later, here’s his story. For now, he goes down in history as the club’s worst owner.
True. Iam on the same page with you bro
“For now, he goes down in history as the club’s worst owner.”
Nope. Still occupied by Li.
even worst than yonghong li?
Nope. He was waaaay worse. Basically bankrupted the club too.
Furlani, Scarone have to go first. Bring back Maldini and Masara. Then look at Zlatan as we have turned into the joke of Italian football
AC Milan needs not just a new owner with deeper pockets, so that it can buy the best players instead of rejects from other clubs, but also a new stadium. Yet another football stadium has just been built in England (Everton”s Bramley Dock, in Liverpool) – the latest of several completed over the past 25 years (e.g. Wembley; Arsenal; Tottenham; West Ham; Man City). In Milan, however, its two clubs and the city authorities continue to wrangle on the construction of a new stadium to replace the Giuseppe Meazza.
The English had no qualms tearing down the Old Wembley – where their national team won its one and only World Cup in 1966 – and replacing it with a new structure at that location. They embraced the future whilst at the same time honoring the past.
Why can’t Italians do the same at the San Siro? Why are there interminable delays in making a decision to proceed? Milan – one of the great cities of Europe and the undisputed home of Calcio – deserves a new, state-of-the art football stadium. Until its two clubs play in such a stadium, they’ll struggle to win at the highest levels in European football.
Fully agree. The city of Milan needs a big, state-of-the-art stadium with supporting facilities. It would both enrich the two clubs and serve the economy of the city. Somehow red tape is given priority.
Yeah we need a freaking’ stadium
Scaroni should be the first one out and should go back to Elliott.
Furlani not sure till this day what value he brings to Milan and what exactly he is doing here
Moncada if we need a change and he cannot buy good players with a reasonable budget that Redbird has given the coaches in recent years then he should leave.
Ibrahimovic is not a Milanista and was brought in if you remember when things started going very badly with Milan and Pioli.
Lastly, Gerry should sell the club and take back his investment as the money he has spent in recent years had that been given the Maldini we would have been sailing today.
I give up on serie a to save me heartache and time, soon more people will do the same, this league getting worse every year unless it improves
That is true. Italian teams (except Inter) out to two Dutch teams and a Belgian, Serie A is sliding down the pecking order. I thought 2023 was a turning point, but alas it doesnt look like it.
Guys we have to be a little objective…
Things our ownership is terrible at – Running a football club. They have no experience, don’t know how to hire or evaluate managers and directors in the key positions required for running a club. This is bad, really bad.
Things our ownership is good at – Running a profitable business and growing revenue. We now have the highest revenue in Serie A. Look at the players we were able to buy in January. None of our other rivals can do that. Inter fans are b*tching because they’re bankrupt and can’t buy players. We’re in a much much better financial situation than our rivals, and this should (hopefully) eventually translate to the pitch.