Arrigo Sacchi has absolved Sergio Conceicao of blame for what is happening currently at AC Milan, instead blaming the lack of a strong management.
The past few months paint a rather puzzling picture, starting with the summer when Milan conducted a transfer window that has only really yielded Youssouf Fofana as a useful asset, and they hired Paulo Fonseca as head coach to then sack him in December.
With Sergio Conceicao in charge, the directors decided to go for a winter revolution at least by relative standards. Five players arrived including Santiago Gimenez, Kyle Walker and Joao Felix, while six senior players left.
It seemed to be a confirmation from the management that the summer planning was all wrong, and now a near-miracle is needed just to get into the top four after the Scudetto was spoken about before a ball was kicked.
Sacchi gave an interview to Corriere della Sera in which he gave his thoughts on the difficult moment that Milan are in, taking aim at the higher ups rather than the players or Conceicao.
“Look, with this Milan, anything can happen. Against Torino, I didn’t see a team. If I were a Bologna fan, I’d be thinking, ‘If we don’t win against Milan now, when will we?’” he began (via Football Italia).
“In football, one of the most important things for a coach is having solid, capable, and present club management behind them. Well, I don’t think Conceiçao has that.
“The fact that they’ve bought around twenty players sounds really bad to me. First, you need to have a clear idea and work on that. If you sign players just for their name, you have little hope.”
Throwing together a bunch of could bees with no plan or tactics behind and this is the result.
For the last two seasons, it always came down to the midfield. We have no pivots to play 4231 and we have no DM to play 433.
Nearly 250 millions and 20 players later and we have non functional bunch on our hands, no coach can help or do anything good with it.
The sad thing is that there are some really good pieces to build around and make this a good team, but that would require someone with experience and vision. Someone like, I don’t know, a relevant DM?
I’d say Pavlovich is also a useful asset. I think he can be a backline anchor for the next 5 years as long as he keeps growing.
Agree that Morata was a useless signing.
even if he doesnt grow, hes still our best player
That would be Reijnders not Pavlovic. He has promise but Reijnders and Pulisic are by far our best players.
Reijnders best? He goes missing in 3 matches out of 5. Pavlovic has been our MOTM almost every time since he made it to the starting 11 for the first time with Conceicao.
Exactly morata is no Giroud.
And would it be Theo situation after 5 years?
Bring back Maldini
Yeah Maldini, I think, he will be better
They signed what coach has asked for, Morata, Emerson and Fofana for Fonseca while atleast Felix & Sottil for conceciao not any issue regarding signing
Milan management buckled under pressure and didn’t stick to their initial plan
Key words. Capable Management. Not a bunch of backstabbers who gunned for top positions at the expense of the club. If you let Maldini and Massara go, bring in qualified people so that we at least know that you care for the club. But no, Gerry is into monopoly, not into soccer. This club is in trouble.