Silvio Berlusconi’s funeral took place yesterday and many well-known figures were present to say goodbye to the former AC Milan present. However, the Rossoneri icon Paolo Maldini was not present.
Maldini was recently relieved of his duties at Milan by Gerry Cardinale, who has different plans for the club, and that decision has seemingly affected him a lot. Yesterday, he even missed out on the funeral of Berlusconi.
A Milan delegation of Giorgio Furlani, Paolo Scaroni, Franco Baresi and Daniele Massaro were present at the funeral, along with several other legends. Arrigo Sacchi was one of them and he spoke to Gazzetta Dello Sport about the absence of Maldini.
“Berlusconi was a great president and a great man. When they brought me in, I said to him and his people: ‘Either you are geniuses or you are crazy’. They were geniuses. When I resigned, he continued to pay me until the beginning of my contract with the national team, without my asking. Maldini’s absence? For me, Paolo is justified, I don’t think he deserved what they did to him last week,” he said as cited by MilanNews.
It’s possible that Maldini didn’t want to face the current top brass at Milan, or he was simply not able to attend for logistical reasons. Either way, it’s clear that Maldini’s departure could have been handled a lot better by Cardinale and co.
