AC Milan legend Gianni Rivera has, today, complained about the state of the club due to the American ownership, RedBird.
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There are many faults with Milan in their current state. For many, it is easy to pinpoint why this is the case: the wrong people are in the wrong places. Take the sacking of Paolo Maldini, for example, a domino moment for the events that followed.
Someone who knew the club and Italian football gone in an instant, and with it, the support of many fans. It is not that they supported Maldini (they did, but not solely), but the idea of the Rossoneri, which he knew only too well.
Americans ‘don’t know much’
The hiring of Igli Tare has been done in an attempt to return some sporting and football experience to the management, past the polarising Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Today, though, Rivera spoke about how he should have maybe been considered, as Milan News relayed from Libero.
“Why did you never take me into consideration? Maybe I was a nuisance because I never kept the words my brain was thinking in my mouth. And don’t talk to me about the American Milan. Americans still don’t know much about football. They even sent Paolo Maldini away.”
Do you still identify with this football?
“Not at all. Money never rules, and players are forced, but they don’t rebel, to these tours de force. In my time, together with Mazzola, Bulgarelli and other colleagues, we founded the union precisely to protect the players and ensure rights that they didn’t have before.”