Andrea Berta was heavily linked with the sporting director vacancy at AC Milan for a while but as highlighted by a report, it won’t materialise. The Rossoneri decided to wait and now the Atletico Madrid man has moved on.
Having fallen out with the current sporting director Antonio D’Ottavio, and with fans asking for a more prominent name, Milan have been evaluating several options in the last few months. Berta, currently at Atletico Madrid, was one of them.
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According to today’s edition of La Repubblica, as cited by Il Garante, Berta ‘was ready to say yes’ to Milan when they first approached him about the job. After almost eight years at Atletico Madrid, he was keen on a return to Italy if it meant going to a big club.
However, when the decisive moment came, Milan decided to wait and Berta was approached by other clubs. He’s now set to join a foreign one and the Rossoneri option has been ruled out from his side, wanting time to plan ahead of next season.
Fabio Paratic, formerly of Juventus and Spurs, is now the favourite to replace D’Ottavio as per the newspaper. That being said, a quick decision will also be needed to secure him.
Milan, as usual, a day late and a dollar short.
Don’t worry, Moncada is taking courses and studying hard at the library.. he’ll be ready to fill the position soon
Incompetence and arrogance at its finest. Smh
Repubblica LOVES piling on. LOL!!! Every chance it gets.
Yeah this is a pattern though that says there is little value in planning and prep.
Everyone knows “All plans are sound until they meet the enemy” and often dismiss having a plan or doing a lot of work to form one.
The rest of that quote is “but the act of planning is essential to the outcome”.
Hope Moncada runs across Moltke the Lesser in his studies and reads the whole thing
How on earth Paratic can be deemed as the right one??! Truly hope not, yet with this management literally anything can be possible
It is also irrelevant in a way. Conte at Napoli knew what he wanted and they got Gilmour and Mctominay, not something you’d consider a really world class midfield. And he is fighting for the title with a midfield of those 2 and Lobotka. Milan signed players Ibrahimovic, Moncada and Furlani came up with and we are here.