Toulouse president Damien Comolli has denied that he was ever in talks with AC Milan over taking a role at the club.
Comolli has done a very good job for Toulouse since he was appointed president by RedBird in 2020, when the American firm took over the French side. Naturally, with Gerry Cardinale shifting more and more attention to Milan, the 51-year-old has been linked with a position at the club.
However, MilanNews among other reliable sources claimed last month that Comolli is no longer a hot candidate for the Rossoneri because Cardinale does not want to make any major changes to the management.
Comolli himself answered some questions at a press conference to answer journalists’ questions at the end of the season and he was actually asked about whether he was ever close to Milan.
“When you wrote that I was in London to meet with AC Milan, I was having lunch on a terrace with Jean-Nicolas Baylet [Managing Director of the La Dépêche du Midi Group]. We laughed,” he said (via PianetaMilan).
“Many words were put in my mouth that I have never said. There are people who have spoken for me who I have never met in my life. I have never had contact with Milan. I never intended to leave Toulouse.”
“MilanNews among other reliable sources ”
erm, right….