Arrigo Sacchi has urged AC Milan to hire a different type of manager this summer compared to the top candidate Max Allegri, who doesn’t have the most exciting style of play.
The debate among the Milan fans regarding Allegri has been perfectly highlighted by Sacchi and Capello, with the former opting against him and the latter giving the stamp of approval. In short, the manager has divided everyone when talking about the future of the Rossoneri.
Interviewed for today’s edition of Gazzetta dello Sport (see photo below), the legendary manager Sacchi shared his thoughts on Allegri arriving at the club. He made it clear that he would very much prefer a different type of manager.
What do you think about Allegri’s possible arrival?
“I have great respect for Allegri and his work. He’s a coach who has always done his duty wherever he went. I must admit that I like a different style of football than his. There is nothing wrong with that, it’s a question of taste.”
Would you bet on him to relaunch Milan?
“I’m not a director of Milan, so I have no duty to make this choice. I’m watching what happens and, based on the facts, I try to form an opinion. I want to say something very clearly because in the past there have been too many misunderstandings: I have nothing against Allegri, I simply happened to criticise his football and his teams in previous seasons. That’s all, nothing personal.”
In Italy he won a lot: six league titles (one with Milan and five with Juve), three Supercoppa, five Coppa Italia. That would be a guarantee, right?
“Allegri is a coach who has perfectly followed the footsteps of Italian football history, based on defense, counter-attacks and high-level players. These are his ideas, and with these ideas he deserves credit for having achieved important successes.
“But if you ask me: have his teams played well? Well, then, I must admit that I enjoy seeing collective and offensive football, and not individual and defensive football. It’s a question of points of view.”
No international titles: is that what you accuse him of?
“My observation is that in Europe, leading the strongest and most economically powerful Italian team, that is Juve, he hasn’t won trophies. In Italy, there is no style, the teams do not have it: the clubs think about buying big name players, they spend and spend and then in Europe we do not move forward. This is the problem.”
Milan must rebuild itself and it must do so through victories. Allegri, in this respect, is a guarantee. Don’t you think?
“You can’t say he’s not a top-level coach, of course. In Italy he knows how to win, he knows how to manage a group, he knows how to convince players to play his type of football. My concern is another: Milan has always had a public accustomed to the stages and international successes.
“It’s the Italian club with the most European and intercontinental trophies. Allegri hasn’t won these trophies at Juve. I hope he can do it with the Rossoneri: it would make me really happy since I’m madly in love with the Devil, and everyone knows it.”
There are rumors that Allegri could start again with Leao. What do you think?
“I evaluate what I see. Leao was decisive in the Scudetto season with Pioli. Then he had a decline, in my opinion determined by character issues. This year he had some problems both with Fonseca and with Conceicao.
“I’m convinced that he has great technical and athletic qualities, but to become a champion, and he would have the possibilities, something else is needed. I hope that Allegri, who is also a great motivator, can bring out in him what we have not yet seen.”
With Allegri, could Milan return to fighting for the Scudetto?
“I repeat: he’s very good in Italy. If he really gets to sit on the Rossoneri bench, I hope he can bring my favourite team back to the top. If he also gives the Rossoneri a style, that is, if he makes them play a more modern and more European style of football, I will be even happier.”
In addition to Allegri, the likes of Roberto De Zerbi, Cesc Fabregas and Antonio Conte have also been mentioned in the media. No decision has been made, in other words, as Milan are still in the evaluation phase.
But we need second stars tho. UCL’s secondary objective.
Second star or not, Allegri is not a good Coach.
Instead of other Italian clubs looking up to Milan, because it has the most international trophies, Milan has to look up to other Italian clubs. Milan will never be Real Madrid, because if you think like a provincial, then you are a provincial. Milan is slowly but surely sliding towards the province. Milan needs a coach who has won the Champions League either as a player or as a coach, or at least has the goal of winning the Champions League. Allegri and Juventus do not interest me, because I want Milan, who are feared in Europe.
I’m in support of Arigo Sacchi on Allegri because he never won any 🏆 in Europe with Juventus.
Sacchi was the one who recommended Giampaolo to Milan and said that he was a maestro and we all know how thar turned out.
Conte has a poor record in the champions league and he has never made it to a finals. Only in the Europa league.
Allegri made it to 2 champions league finals and lost to 2 top teams Barcelona and Real Madrid. So it’s ridiculous to judge him for not winning a European title when he was in the finals with 2 of the best teams in the history of football.
Allegri is a better option than all the coaches like to Milan.
Capello football was so boring it would put the dead to sleep. He has the record in Serie A for the least goals conceded and the least goals scored at the same time but he won the league back to back with Milan.
What matters most in the end is titles and trophies. People can say whatever they want about Allegri football he still wins titles and if he has good players he will get results.
Yes, he won’t be the next Milan coach. You can make up how good he is as much as you want, nobody at the club is reading this. And they know that Juventus got him Chiesa and Vlahovic so he can secure 4th spot. Everyone could see that.
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Wait, you claim that Milan with Allegri will dominate Italy and be at the top of Europe in the next five seasons??? Don’t forget that Milan has European DNA and when the title was won in 1999, 2011 and 2022, there was a void because Milan was not competitive in Europe then. Milan must be competitive in Europe, because without that, Milan is not Milan.
Exactly, thank you my brother
He won’t be in charge of a team that’s in Europe, so I don’t see the issue there…
We will not be playing in any of the European cups in 18 months though…
I don’t want Allegri either, but didn’t he make it to two Champs League finals with Juve?
OK he lost them both but they were still a protagonist. His record in Europe is better than Conte’s to be fair.
Again, for some reason all the narratives seem to be forcing Allegri/Paratici combo onto Milan… Like a coordinated effort. Allegri isn’t the worst option. But Paratici is.
Well. This is will be surprise. Will cardinale choose bald and italian coach? He usually choose foreigner with slick hair.
Mr cardinale usually like cheap foreigner with slick hair. It will be a suprise move with expensive italian baldy.
It look like furlani the decision maker is against the big boss mr cardinale.
Poor mr cardinale. He is isolated in murican land and his staff doesn’t respect him anymore.
እኔ ላለፉት 30ዓመታት የሚላን ደጋፊ በመሆን የቆየሁ ሲሆን የአለግሪ ቡድንን አላደንቀውም በአውሮፓ ቻምፒየንስ ሊግ ፍፃሜ ላይ ያየሁት ቡድን ለሁለት ጊዜ እንዴት ፍፃሜ ደረሰ የሚያስብል ደካማ ቡድን ነው በመሆኑም የመጀመሪያ ምርጫዬ ዲዘርቢ ነው እሱ ካልሆነ ባይሆን አለግሪን እመርጣለሁ በሴሪአውሪኤው የተሻለ ውጤት ለማምጣት ከኮንቴ ይልቅ ማለቴ ነው ።
If I may twist Sacchi’s famous metaphorical insight, which he uttered when he first became ACM’s coach in the late 80s: our club’s problem right now isn’t the jockey, but the horse the owner has given the jockey to ride. Until we have an owner who’s able and willing to bring in the best players in the world to ACM, as Berlusconi did, the club will remain stuck in the second tier of European football – a pathetic imitation of its former imperious self.
How tragic that a club that has won Europe’s top football trophy 7 times – more than any other club except Real Madrid – can no longer figure seriously in that competition and appears unlikely ever to do so under an owner whose business model is not geared to achieving supreme sporting success.
Allegri or no Allegri, Fabregas or no Fabregas – ACM needs a new owner.