Journalist Luca Serafini has produced a detailed account of what he thinks led to Paolo Maldini’s sacking, stressing the importance of the collective moving forward.
Around a fortnight ago we wrote about how stability could be Milan’s biggest weapon heading into next season given that the club seemed to have a solid management in place, with obvious gaps to address but with some order and continuity to everything.
However, all of that has been thrust into uncertainty after the news that both Maldini and Ricky Massara have been sacked from their role as the technical and sporting director, meaning a new era is about to begin.
Serafini spoke about Maldini’s sacking in his weekly column for MilanNews and provided an in-depth assessment of what has taken place not only over the last few days, but the last few weeks, months and years.
“From June 2013 to June 2023 are 10 years, just over 500 editorials every Friday on MilanNews. Many more than half written in a climate of uncertainty, descriptive of a technical downsizing, of vanished ambitions: articles filled with anxiety and melancholy,” he began.
“Today’s is among the most painful, divided between a feeling of affection, esteem, admiration and gratitude for Paolo Maldini (and Riky Massara) and a raw, inescapable realism with a broad perspective, beyond the very borders of Milan.
“I don’t have the time (nor the desire) to discuss the details that emerge like scorpions, the rift between the media and the fans lined up a little here and a little there, as if it were a question of alignments…
“They say and write that the rapport had also cracked with Pioli, that Pirlo’s name would come around, that on the market he signed one good player and the rest were not, that the 2022 market and a fifth place transformed into fourth by the Juventus points penalty were decisive.
“The traps seem to have been scattered everywhere, like in a minefield, yet until Sunday the 4th, peace and harmony seemed to reign at least in Milanello. I don’t know, but I certainly don’t believe the last two arguments: a club draws up multi-year financial statements and the one from 2020 to today is extraordinarily positive.
“From the point of view of raw numbers, even the 2022 campaign was not a failure, because the sole rise of Thiaw’s card settles the accounts of the others who have made little or nothing. And it is well known that when you go hunting for young people, the results depend on a thousand factors.
“The truth is that the ideological and strategic gaps had become unbridgeable. On the one hand, Paolo had long been asking for greater autonomy and wider choice possibilities, on the market and beyond; on the other, the ownership goes straight in his way.
“They reached a crossroads, a turning point in profoundly different directions. Maldini has never made a secret of it, not even publicly, just remember the interviews after the Scudetto and after the semi-finals of the Champions League.
“Prods that were not appreciated not only for the utterances themselves, but for the consequent unmasking of distant philosophies.
“The times and methods have been bitter, for all of us and you who have lived, are living, a romantic football, made up of values and passion, attachment and history. A few lines without a handshake, goodbye and thank you.
“This certainly hurt, but beyond the cold and bare form, the substance of a marriage that no longer had life, no longer breathed, remained.
“We start all over again, with a different and more solid foundation than 3-4 years ago, for the team and for the work that is done around it. We start all over again with the hope that the straight path will be taken: technical and functional reinforcements, according to the plan.
“In these hours, depending on the perspectives, the #out hashtags are unleashed: some Cardinale, some Pioli, some Maldini himself. In the face of extremism, I always wonder what the alternatives might be.
“It also applies to these not only emotional reactions, which spring from deeply wounded souls. If we talk about ownership, the European panorama – this is what I meant by ‘beyond the same borders as Milan’ – has by now been clear and defined for a long time: the clubs are in the hands of multinationals, foreigners, investors, funds, Arabs, oil companies.
“Each with its own culture, its systems, its objective which is naturally the business. Affection and history are becoming an intimate heritage, a bit like the fate of San Siro: it’s our life, it was our life, but one day it will be gone. A day near or far.
“The lies about its meaning, its artistic or architectural value, are purely political: San Siro is a structure that cannot be renewed, just like the ‘family’ courses of Italian football clubs. Berlusconi, Sensi, Moratti, Mantovani, the Della Valles… they no longer have citizenship and where a president puts his face forward, like Lotito and DeLaurentiis for example, the dialogue with the fans is conflictual.
“In recent years, from Serie A down, more owners than players have changed, this is another fact. I understand the Rossoneri players, like many of us and you, who are displaced and embittered. The professional has the duty to go ahead respecting his obligations.
“After the turnaround on Monday 5 June, the responsibilities for the owners and management have increased exponentially. At all levels. We’ll see where their efforts lead.
“We will need compactness and unity of purpose that seem crumbling these days. What remains, as always, is Milan: we will continue to talk about this. I remain a convinced and fervent Christian despite the many murky stories of the Church.
“Goodbye and thank you Paolo. My old bond with your father and the admiration for your large family have made me unbalance a lot in recent years, about your role and your passion: I don’t deny anything.
“Thanks also to Ricky Massara, prepared, polite and kind. Good work and good luck, to you and to those who stay. What remains, as always, is Milan.”
Very good paper. Sadly, football is a dirty business. See all the schemings, from FIFA to the smallest teams, Super League and sht. Maldini was the last embodiment of passion, dedication, values. His departure is like a symbol. Seems like Jerry just couldn’t stand him for whatever reasons.
Anyway, everyone here is entitled to his own opinion that prevents him to see others’ opinions. Let’s hope the team will do fine, that our players will be ok in the end and that Jerry will quickly sell the club to someone more interested in football than money.
Many thanks to SempreMilan for all the news and to the fans here for their passion in the comment section. We are divided right now but hopefully good results would eventually unify us all again.
” Seems like Jerry just couldn’t stand him for whatever reasons.”
Different views is all it takes. You don’t have to despise or hate someone to sack them. Would you as an owner keep a manager if he had quite the opposite views than you? I doubt it.
Normally I dont care for Serafini’s drivel 😂lol but this time he has a good point and well balanced. “yet until Sunday the 4th, peace and harmony seemed to reign at least in Milanello. I don’t know, but I certainly don’t believe the last two arguments” I think this hits the nail on the head. A seemingly good environment is all of a sudden talked about as islf M&M were theses absolutists? Come on now, I don’t believe it. And I’m assuming the “two arguments” he’s talking about are in the previous paragraphs ie the relationship with pioli and the results of this season as being the reasons for dismissal. I don’t buy it either. But I do believe he touched on a good point which is the differences in ideology which is ironic since if Maldini did have the alleged autonomy as ppl claimed, didn’t that reaped the rewards sporting and financial an owner would desire (and as Leonardo pointed out)?
I have a feeling Cardinale couldn’t stand to have someone else take credit for the Milan revival and Maldini, who I wildly popular and more popular than him, was fully on his way to achieving that. Like Scaroni said “less Maldini is needed”. Cardinale wanted the glory to go to himself and he thinks it can be achieved with his specific vision and without Maldini or any other dissenting voice.It’s becoming clear. The questions are obviously then what did Maldini want and how to achieve it.
“I have a feeling Cardinale couldn’t stand to have someone else take credit for the Milan revival”
People do really seem to think Cardinale is worse than Hitler, eh…
First all, Redbird’s acquisition of Milan isn’t going to be like the Newcastles or PSGs so we need to understand that its different management different strategies. Elliot’s main goal was securing their assets tied to Milan’s failed project and Redbird bought the club they are no different. Their goal is build upon what Elliot did with calculated risk in investment which is understandable from a business perspective but Maldini and Massara has done a lot in building this team with passion, dedication and believe, and these project has been progressive in terms of Milan rising back to a top team in Italy and remaining consistent in UCL for the 3rd season in a row and their sudden exit can never be justified 👎🏽 because Maldini’s responsibility has been beyond signing players. He was the face of Milan and thanks to him and Massara they’ve been able to restore Milan prestige back in UCL. However, looking at the underlining issues such as revenues from sales or exits of some key players, last 2 summer signings, and youth development, they could’ve done better such as generating revenues from Suso, Kessie, Gigio , Sliva, Paqueta, and Hakan to start with. They could’ve earned over a $100 milli If they had find ways to sort out their contract and pay issues with short term solutions. Suso for example had 3 yrs left in his contract when he left and was sold for $24 Milli because of wage demands. Milan also sold Paqueta to Lyon for 25 mill and Lyon sold Paqueta a year and half later to Westham for $60 milli. They could’ve been able to raise enough capital to bring in more quality players and depth of the squad instead of relying on the management that still lacks stability in structure for more funds to improve the team. Napoli just cashed out $60 Mill on Kim Min’s clause and they got him for $6 mill and Im not saying this has to be the case for Milan but not been able to earn a sizeable revenue from player’s sales which would’ve made a huge impact in the market in terms of upgrading the team. As much as the management’s investing in the team is very important, so does the sales of the players. So from an investor’s perspective when Elliot took over, we lost alot of assets and it has affected us in growth. And secondly, keeping some players that arent useful after winning the Scudetto was a wrong move lets be honest. Gabbia, Rebic, Tatarusanu, Messias, Simon Kjaer, Balo-Toure and Mirante shouldn’t have stayed after we won the Scudetto last year. They had a bit of stock value and could’ve earned us some revenue to buy better and useful players. And also also talking about some unexplainable signings like Dest, Vranx,CDK and Origi were under per. Pioli had to rely on 14 players to make it through the season even with the obvious defects in our squad which exposed our quality and depth this season. Another issue was our attack, attacking mid and right wing these issues has been obvious for 3 seasons and no solution to it. We got lucky with gambling on 36 yr old Giroud to lead our attack without a reliable back up. Origi averaged 13 games per season in 8 yrs at Liverpool and scored a total of 22 goals in 8 yrs, Rebic hasn’t been available in the last 2 seasons, Ibra played only 1 game this season, and Colombo was loaned out. So truth be told if Juve weren’t docked points we would’ve ended in Europa despite finishing in the last 4 of the UCL and winning the league last season and that’ll been a disaster from a financial aspect. Also Redbird’s wants to build a module on youth development which we are way behind if you look at the other too teams in Italy such as Juve, Atalanta and co. Our inability to develop quality young players from our youth level strikes concerns considering the direction the new management are heading. Now all these still doesn’t take away anything from Maldini’s tremendous work at AC Milan. There were reports that Moncada the chief scout and Maldini not on the same page with players recommended. So there has been a some concerns not addressed properly but this should’ve have been sorted without making a mess considering Maldini’s attachment with these players and global fanbase. Some of these players renewed not just for Milan but because they believed in Maldini’s work and trust him in guiding them to the heights of their career at Milan. The damage is done and nothing will ever erase this chapter both from what Maldini and Massara has written for Milan but we have to accept our faith, let the dust settles and look forward from here. ❤️🖤
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Very good level headed assessment
“From the point of view of raw numbers, even the 2022 campaign was not a failure, because the sole rise of Thiaw’s card settles the accounts of the others who have made little or nothing. And it is well known that when you go hunting for young people, the results depend on a thousand factors.”
I guess this 👆 doesn’t need any further explanation.
Concerning sales tha people keep blaming Maldini for. First, the players involved: Donna, Hakan, Kessie & Romagnoli were signed by Fassone & Mirabelli to very juicy contracts. When Elliott came into the picture, they couldn’t get these players to take pay cuts. Let’s take them one by one.
1. Donna had Raiola as his agent. That was probably the top shark agent. Don’t forget that Donna & Raiola had pull the same stunt with Li. I recall that was where the moniker “Dollarumma” started. How do you outfox Raiola? He held the aces. It was up to Donna to prove he loved Milan by agreeing to the deal offered. Shirt kissing was all bullshit.
2. We hear all that stood between a renewal of Hakan was 500k. Question: Did Maldini put the wage cap or Elliott?
3. Kessie practically took everyone on a ride. Apparently, his agent saw that Raiola got away and realized he could do same. In the summer, Kessie promised to sort everything out. Then, nothing happened. Did you know that Milan wanted to ship Kessie in January to Tottenham, but he refused? He held out – either pay me what I demanded or I leave for free. Should & could Maldini have approved? Would Elliott even agree?
4. Romagnoli was the skipper, but he had dropped in the perking order since Tomori’s arrival. He too had a juicy contract like the 3 above. He wouldn’t take a paycut – even though he wasn’t in the first 11 any more. I think he also changed his agent to Raiola.
Just for emphasis, Milan wants to sign Kamada and N’dicka as free agents. Question: do you think Eintracht Frankfurt didn’t want to make money off these two guys? Yet, they’ve both run down their contracts.
People say Maldini didn’t sell, what happened with Paqueta and Piatek? Basically, it was easier to deal with those players because they came during his tenure. The Fassone & Mirabelli ‘players’ basically held Milan to ransom.
Milan practically gave Pepe Reina to Lazio to free up his wages. Lucas Biglia refused to leave until his contract ran out. Why? Fassone & Mirabelli signed them to huge wages.
So please stop all these asinine tales about players leaving for free. Point the fingers where they truly ought to be pointed.
striking balance between sporting success and financial sustainability shouldnt to me seem like a tall order! Napoli has demonstrated with shrewd signings(kvaratskelia, kim jae, etc) and investing in quality talents like osimhen when it present itself is the foundation for striking that balance. Napoli is well run and is an example to follow….a team in bankruptcy in few years back has established itself at the elite rank of italian football without going into debt like Juventus and inter!…. its left to milan to choose which side to emulate….either to go back into debt like in berlusconi days with sporting or achieve both with strong, spartan and discipline financial measure…. i believe Maldini as a winner all his life wants to bring milan back to those glorious days but at the expense of financial indiscipline that defines berlusconi era….however, he let the romanticism with milan got over him as the only things that matters, this is where jerry strikes as the boss. its sad but such is the sacrifice we have to pay to be remain discipline… we love you capitano but milan has to be healthy and not mired in the mud like in the last 15 years anymore.
I have to agree here in some aspects. I did get the feeling he wanted to get to the glorious past but he only knew one way how.amd that would have affect the financials. Hence why he wanted to “accelerate” the project rather than constantly having to find gems, develop them and then make them into stars. by the time that happens the other stars would have moved on to clubs where trophies are more a priority and then restart the cycle again.
Even the best gems can’t succeed in a club who’s coach can develop them or didn’t give a chance. Reference Paqueta. Sold 2 seasons later for 60mils. The only negative about Maldini was not making some sales when it was the right time for it.
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well written bro. all points both from jerry and maldini highlighted.
in summary, assessing maldini performance was on a sporting level excellent but very poor from a financial perspective!… i guess M & M had to take the blame seeing that their responsibilities as both sporting and technical director was to strike that balance and seeing they have fallen short of the aim…its only right for them to be dismissed.
he ought to know better when taking the job…this is a different job profile and being a good footballer doesnt guarantee that you will be successfull in that role.
The owner Pioli Baresi
All f idiots
This will not stop here
These last few days have been wild. I’ve ran through so many articles and comments, hoping to get a greater understanding of what really went down besides the obvious.
I’ve therefore come to my own conclusion, after taking in many of the facts and the little snippets of misdirection. What I can say clearly without a doubt is that this was always on the cards. It was by design and not some irrational decision. The picture that’s being painted is one of a power struggle but in truth it’s basically that Maldini had outlived his usefulness and was given enough rope to hang himself. What was his usefulness? He made the new ownership Elliott seem more trustworthy in the eyes of the fanbase, so he was good for the optics. He was also important as a point of reference, for young players whom they wished to recruit. Other than that, he was of little use to Elliott, who already had his guy Gazidis there to make sure that the books were going to be balanced and that the commercial side would grow. When it was time for Elliott to hightail it out of Milan with his profit in hand, his refusal to address the expired contracts of M&M was a glaring sign that M&M were no longer useful.
RedBird steps in as the new owners with probably a whole different vision but caught in a bind with M&M, mainly due to the fact that they’d just helped secure a title and it’d be difficult to justify not renewing, so hence the new contracts. Now, if we look at the overall body of work that’s been done by the duo, it’s evident that they’ve been a success. However, if we just factor in the one season under RedBird, what they’ve done has been horrendous, but it must be added that the conditions for failure were enhanced by the delay in renewing the duo, and the refusal to intervene in the winter market. So, all in all, this was a well thought out plan, that was executed perfectly.
How exactly did he hang himself? They banked on his love and commitment to the club and how easily it can be misconstrued as possessive and controlling, hence the power struggle spin. He didn’t do himself any favours either, by constantly asking for more power. I believe that the premature success also led to his ego getting the best of him at times.
Either way though, I honestly think that this should’ve been handled better, but it is what it is. Now we’ll just have to wait and see what this new setup will produce. I personally think that there’s going to be more spending than the previous seasons and some surprise sales, but again, we’ll just have to wait and see.
* Shout out Poli, who got it right all along. There always seemed to be a sinister way in which you went about with your theory, but you stuck to your guns and now you got your moment in the sun.
Lets think about a different aspect..
Imagine.. if there was no wage cap imposed. We would’ve retained Hakan, Kessie for sure because Maldini wanted to retain them at any cost, they literally were our best players but got blocked by finance for no reason. Instead of paying these guys and renewing to sell later.. the owners just chose to stick to this Salary cap and let them go. Donna would’ve left under ANY management ANYWAY because of Raiola’s insane demands. Moreover.. We would’nt have so many gaps in teh squad that we have now since Kessie and Hakan would be here.
Paqueta was sold in haste because of Giampaolo just hated him and asked Maldini to sell him because according to Giampaolo, Paqueta was Too Brazilian for him. Otherwise he would stay. THAT was Maldini’s biggest Mistake. He should’ve made Giampaolo play Paqueta instead of taking a loss.
Suso’s sale was alright.
Maldini’s actual disasters are not these guys.. It’s ACTUALLY Bonaventura, Romagnoli, Dest AND Origi. These four costed us A LOT. Bona and Roma should’ve been sold and they would bring a good transfer fee as well. I wouldn’t call CDK a failure yet.. I would give any young player two seasons before dishing out my judgement but this season was a major flop for CDK for sure. Dest didn’t make ANY Sense to me tho it was florenzi’s absence that forced that transfer, but I believe we could’ve done so much better with any other young replacements.
The rest of the signings Maldini made this season, weren’t exactly a flop because we just don’t know. Pioli didn’t play any of them. Thiaw shined because Pioli was forced to play him. I wonder who else would’ve shined if fate forced Pioli to play them.
And if all went to our ex SD’s plan.. this squad, would have Hakan, kessie, Mike, leao, theo, bennacer, Botman, Renato, Zaniolo/Ziyech. Wouldn’t that be infinitely better than this squad we built with this useless salary cap that we had which forced so many holes in the squad?
It’s not like I am making it all up. All of us fans had been through that drama with Hakan and Kessie. Why would a SD take a contract to the last day when he repeatedly told the media these players wanted to sign for us? They surely didn’t leave because it was Maldini unwilling to sign them. They left because owners(basically Furlani&Gazidis) didn’t agree to the wages they demanded, which wasn’t really much and was very much deserved.
Of course it is true that Maldini didn’t agree with All of Moncada’s suggestions, but it’s just rumors even tho I believe it. No SD is required to do so. The true bottleneck of Maldini’s strategy.. Was Pioli.
Maldini based our project on developing youth but here’s Pioli taking 3 years to get the best out of Leao while Krava shined on day 10. And then came Cardinale who fired the SD instead of Pioli and intends to bring him more young players. LMFAO
The biggest damage to the team was caused by firstly.. that pathetic Salary cap that FORCED us to spend more than we saved to plug the holes the salary cap created in the first place.. and .. Pioli’s inability to use proper tactics and develop young players fast. maldini or not, ANY SD who’d be in those shoes, would have turned it into a disaster because those two bottlenecks would make any club go down to the gutter. Which SUCCESSFUL Club has EVER imposed a salary cap ever? hell even the relegation clubs don’t have a Salary cap. The whole thing was a Gazidis idea and it was a pathetic one. It Clearly costed us MORE Than it saved us.
But I am grateful that Maldini fought it and brought Zlatan. Rest was History. And now, we have a bunch of yesmen who has no say in anything and will just say yes to a guy who knows nothing about football. That’s what my problem is.
Maldini stays or leaves means very little. Corporate decisions will always be there. That’s how football works. What matters is, what is the intention behind it and what is the plan after?
If it was berlu who sacked maldini, I wouldn’t say a word. I know berlu feels for the club and means well. But I know Gerry’s intentions are no way in hell is winning some pointless(to him) cups he couldn’t care less about. He just wants to make money because he bought the club with other people’s money and THEY Will want the return they were promised. Cardinale is worth 200 mil only BTW in case anyone is wondering. My problem with Cardinale is how he is running teh club atfer Maldini plus, his own intentions.
Everyone is saying Cardinale and Maldini had different vision, what exactly is Cardinale’s vision? And why Maldini was needed to be sacked for that vision? When you take a deeper Look at Cardinale, the image gets darker about his intentions.
Now we are at a crossroads where Cardinale got himself into a situation where this window must make something exceptional to trump ex SD’s success. And Pioli, will have no more excuse for ANY of his slip ups. Both were UNNECESSARY.. but Cardinale had to go F it up. I would have much preferred Cardinale to hire at least someone better as a SD instead of Furlani as Maldini’s replacement who AT LEAST knows something about running a club. This Gives me the Fassobelli vibes. I hope it all works out in the end and this pathetic salary cap is lifted. Eitherway salarycap only worked because of Maldini-effect anyway otherwise none of the stars would renew for peanuts with us.
Forza Milan.
“But I know Gerry’s intentions”
Funny how all the people here suddenly know Cardinale inside out. 1,5 years ago no one had ever even heard about his existence and now everyone knows him better than their own fathers.
It’s usually called Research!
Yes. Reading an interview or two – or even better, someone’s blog post – online gives you the perfect idea on what people are truly like. 😀
Cannot stop laugh read this comment. You hit all hater ppl here . Wkwkwkwk. Maybe they are professor X from X man that can mind reading so they can read gery mind
@bb. @reccaman
Perhaps.. only because your own knowledge come from blogposts, doesn’t mean rest are the same.
Just a possibility to think about.
“Perhaps.. only because your own knowledge come from blogposts, doesn’t mean rest are the same.
Just a possibility to think about.”
Let’s just put it this way: I’m not the one convinced Cardinale steals babies and eats them. 🙂
You can be rational. Or not. If it’s written in the internet, it must be true, right? 🙂
“I’m not the one convinced Cardinale steals babies and eats them”
good for you. At least you have some sense it seems lol
Facts, Stats and past history of someone, rarely lie. Try reading beyond random tabloids.
“From the point of view of raw numbers, even the 2022 campaign was not a failure, because the sole rise of Thiaw’s card settles the accounts of the others who have made little or nothing. And it is well known that when you go hunting for young people, the results depend on a thousand factors.”
I guess this 👆 doesn’t need any further explanation.
Concerning sales tha people keep blaming Maldini for. First, the players involved: Donna, Hakan, Kessie & Romagnoli were signed by Fassone & Mirabelli to very juicy contracts. When Elliott came into the picture, they couldn’t get these players to take pay cuts. Let’s take them one by one.
1. Donna had Raiola as his agent. That was probably the top shark agent. Don’t forget that Donna & Raiola had pull the same stunt with Li. I recall that was where the moniker “Dollarumma” started. How do you outfox Raiola? He held the aces. It was up to Donna to prove he loved Milan by agreeing to the deal offered. Shirt kissing was all bullshit.
2. We hear all that stood between a renewal of Hakan was 500k. Question: Did Maldini put the wage cap or Elliott?
3. Kessie practically took everyone on a ride. Apparently, his agent saw that Raiola got away and realized he could do same. In the summer, Kessie promised to sort everything out. Then, nothing happened. Did you know that Milan wanted to ship Kessie in January to Tottenham, but he refused? He held out – either pay me what I demanded or I leave for free. Should & could Maldini have approved? Would Elliott even agree?
4. Romagnoli was the skipper, but he had dropped in the perking order since Tomori’s arrival. He too had a juicy contract like the 3 above. He wouldn’t take a paycut – even though he wasn’t in the first 11 any more. I think he also changed his agent to Raiola.
Just for emphasis, Milan wants to sign Kamada and N’dicka as free agents. Question: do you think Eintracht Frankfurt didn’t want to make money off these two guys? Yet, they’ve both run down their contracts.
People say Maldini didn’t sell, what happened with Paqueta and Piatek? Basically, it was easier to deal with those players because they came during his tenure. The Fassone & Mirabelli ‘players’ basically held Milan to ransom.
Milan practically gave Pepe Reina to Lazio to free up his wages. Lucas Biglia refused to leave until his contract ran out. Why? Fassone & Mirabelli signed them to huge wages.
So please stop all these asinine tales about players leaving for free. Point the fingers where they truly ought to be pointed.
After reading so many comments and articles about all sorts of theory and ex players coming out with their opinion. This is what it boils down to. Clubs are now an organisation and run as such. If there is a strategy in place.. then that’s what they follow. These guy’s have been successful in what they do even though they seem to be Ruthless. I see some saying F** Pioli, some being perplexed about comments from Scaroni and Baresi. You know why Scaroni said Less Maldini?.. because we can’t build a success on Maldinis name alone. I think there is a reason why a lot of massive clubs like Milan, don’t have Legends as SD and TD, why?.. Because it’s too messy!!!..Those are positions are where there are changes the most on an organisation level.. you can’t change strategy, you can’t make decisions like this when it comes to Legends because the fans and Media would crucify you. Probably the reason why they usually have honourable roles. Do you think Cardinale won’t have been made aware by people like Scaroni and Furlani or himself won’t know, that dismissing Maldini would cause a shit storm. They know, but if they think he is not aligned with their strategy, Then they have to change. The scudetto was a bonus, also the UCL semi-final. In other words it kind of solidifies their beliefs in their strategy. Maldini will always be in our hearts and will always be a Legend for this club. And His work to bring us back to where we are, will also add to his legacy. Nobody likes the way this has played out But this is modern football now and Sentiments can’t cloud their judgements. We just have to trust their judgement. We would probably not know everything that happened and how the meeting really went. Media is throwing everything they can to see what sticks. One thing it seems to me is that the squad seems to have settled now after they have had a meeting with Furlani.. so let’s hope we can move forward and it ends up being the right decision. Forza Milan.
Dont forget. Hakan, romagnoli, kessie leaving us coz the owner wont up between the salary gap 500k especially hakan & romagnoli. Isnt maldini fault.
Yes yes yes yes if mistake free transfer player not Maldini fault but if winning title like scudetto it is because maldini , maldini deserves achievement . If transfer fail it is not maldini fault but that bald head coach cannot growing mediocre lord player like origi,CDK,florenzi,junior messias,dest,aster prank etc. Maldini are the perfect man in this world without mistake , AC Milan should just make maldini owner , come on fans donate 1000 euro each fans until reach 2bn euro to buy AC Milan , lets start from maldini true fans like rhea