AC Milan CEO Giorgio Furlani will soon have to start making decisions regarding the sporting director, but everything already points to one name.
As La Repubblica (via MilanNews) reports this morning, the choice of sporting director will have a huge weight on the future of Milan. Getting it wrong seriously risks ruining the project, because they will have a big say in the head coach and squad construction.
The impression is that ‘the circle is starting to tighten’, meaning that the names in contention are being trimmed down. Furlani has set his sights on one profile in particular among all those evaluated in recent weeks, it seems.
The paper writes that ‘everything leads to believe that Fabio Paratici will be the new sporting director of Milan’ because the ex-Juventus and Spurs man is ahead in Furlani’s preferences compared to Tony D’Amico and Igli Tare.
Paratici would approach his role as an external consultant while waiting for his suspension to expire on July 20, when he could formally take up the position as Milan’s sporting director and appear on the organisational hierarchy.
What makes him the favourite? The Italian has built experience with Sampdoria, Juventus and Tottenham, building international relationships and showing his ability to find young talent but also complete ‘big deals’, like for Cristiano Ronaldo and Matthjis de Ligt.
Once the new SD has been chosen, Milan will dedicate themselves to choosing the coach. The idea remains to focus on an Italian profile who knows Serie A well , such as Vincenzo Italiano, Gian Piero Gasperini or even Maurizio Sarri. Max Allegri and Antonio Conte are names to watch, too.
Not impressed at all. If you don’t give this guy a crazy budget he won’t be making good moves. He lacks a lot of imagination and foresight I think. He is 50/50 with his transfers.
Just get Maldini back ffs…
Maldini would be an idiot to come back to this Redbird circus. The club is rotten from within.
“Big deals like Ronaldo”… that they couldn’t afford and are still up the creek without a paddle because of? If Furlani picks this Jube criminal I give up…
The best part is that Maldini was fired because he said Milan needs to buy better players, not develop them. And 2 years later they will prove him right, because Paratici doesn’t know how to buy under 50M.
Paratici was only good under Marotta. I don’t get this narrative of him coming to Milan being pushed everywhere …
Well I think it is possible and for one reason. They are looking at this season, it is a fail. A big issue for Redbird, losing CL money if they don’t qualify. It is derailing their project, the financial plan etc. So, when sh*t hit the fan Furlani decided to do what he was supposed to do 2 years ago. If they fired Maldini because they didn’t like him Milan still should have brought 2 top players, spent a bit more that summer and keep fighting for the Scudetto and CL. But Milan regressed because Furlani and the americans think that you will win titles by buying 10 x 20M player per season and it will work out. So now he is probably fighting for his job. Next season if Milan isn’t at least in CL Furlani bye bye!
I get the reasoning. I don’t get Pratici’s name.
Only time will tell but for me Giovanni Sartori is the best option.
Does ds sporting director know how to take European trophy … De coaches demselve wu has taken CL trophy b4 , none … stop all ds concert n nonsense, bring de spirit back PAOLO MALDINI, Period .
Forza Milan !!!
Can’t wait to see this sh*tshow. So let me get this straight. Maldini and Massara were fired because they asked for more money to bring better players. Maldini said it publicly. And now Milan will bring Paratici, the guy that doesn’t know how to do a transfer under 50M? 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Gerry, time to sell, you are mo*ons obviously.