Carlo Pellegatti has revealed his belief that Stefano Pioli’s era at AC Milan will come to an end once the 2023-24 season draws to a close.
There continues to be a lot of speculation regarding the future of Pioli despite the fact he is under contract until June 2025. Results for the past two seasons have been up and down, with the momentum of the Scudetto win seemingly lost.
As it stands, barring a deep run in the Europa League where the likes of Liverpool and Bayer Leverkusen await as fierce opponents, the Rossoneri will end Pioli’s almost half-decade tutelage with one trophy to show.
Carlo Pellegatti spoke on Radio Rossonera and he stated that Pioli will leave Milan at the end of the season, at least according to what filters, and that change is now inevitable despite the fact there are still obvious shortcomings in the squad.
“Let’s start by remembering that in the previous nine games we won game and drew two. I didn’t find any big differences with the match against Rennes and Napoli, especially in the first part of the match,” he began.
“Against Monza, Milan were very slow and cumbersome, Adli played the worst match of his season and Bennacer is still not at his best. We must also blame the movement of the forwards – they didn’t allow for the ball to be moved vertically.
“The midfield doesn’t break things up, Kjaer and Gabbia seemed to have patched it up. It was a mistake to put Thiaw out there.
“They [Milan] made a mistake in not signing a defender in the January transfer window, the defenders will return but will need time to regain their fitness. He could have put Theo at centre-back, but it’s easy to say that after.
“In a certain sense I’m relieved. I have understood that if a coach brings you to a good position in the table and at the first false step criticism rains down – which is legitimate – it’s right that Pioli leaves at the end of the year. We can’t continue like this.
“Even if he won the Europa League, then with the first injury he would be back in this situation. I hope he finds another team, because on an environmental level the situation is now unmanageable. The management of the two competitions was also poorly done.
“We need someone who knows how to manage certain situations. With the draw we would have said other things, we would have said what a feat from 0-2 to 2-2 in 10 minutes.”
