Among the many doubts that hover over the ‘new AC Milan’ in 2025-26 and beyond, one certainty exists: Geoffrey Moncada will remain.
As Calciomercato.com report, Moncada has a contract that expires in 2026 so there is now issue on that front. Meanwhile, CEO Giorgio Furlani reiterated his trust in the current technical director in a meeting with Gerry Cardinale in New York recently.
The imminent ‘revolution’ will therefore affect the former Monaco man only in terms of his operational role. We are awaiting news regarding the next sporting director, after the deal that was supposed to bring Fabio Paratici to the Rossoneri collapsed.
Moncada in the last two seasons has put himself at the service of Milan with a role that was halfway between that of sporting director and technical director. He has taken responsibility for many winning decisions such as those of Christian Pulisic and Tijjani Reijnders and others decidedly less so.
At this point in his young career, Moncada seems to operate better as an scout than the responsibilities of a more managerial role. This is why we are moving towards a return to the old with the direction of the scouting area, a role already covered from 2010 to 2023.
It is a position that he had continued to pay great attention to, with his 8/9 scouts, dividing himself between looking for talent and the obvious priorities related to being a director linked to the first team, such as transfer and renewal negotiations.
In this final part of the season Moncada is still very much operational while waiting to understand the next developments. The club’s philosophy of working in a team has long been absorbed without difficulty (his relationship with Zlatan Ibrahimovic is also good).
With the possible arrival of Igli Tare, coexistence would be easy: the two have known and respected each other for a long time, they have a similar idea of how to play football as well as several mutual contacts.
Tony D’Amico is the candidate in pole position, at the moment, and he would have no difficulty working with the next head of the scouting area. This is why Moncada staying at Milan is a given.
Moncada’s results after taking over sporting department from M&M:
– 250 millions spent
– 22 players from which only 3 turned out good
– 2 consecutive CL group stage exits
– 3 coaches in one season
– 9th in Serie A
All that in just 2 and a half seasons. Yet he’s about to keep his job.
A class fraud.
Fires Maldini who provided excellent results getting Milan back to CL winning days.
Moneyball Moncada still kept despite over $200 million in (mostly) failed players or at least players who are failing at Milan.
Out of CL. Out of CL next year. Out of Euro even next year. Nowhere near the top of the table. Barely top half. Multiple coaches coming and going. None are a right fit.
The moneyball Moncada effect is real. This guy has single handedly taken Milan from CL qtr/semi finalists to the mid table in Serie A.
Remember the name: MONEYBALL MONCADA
All talk of a ‘revolution’ at ACM is hollow and totally meaningless until Redbird gets out. I don’t care who owns ACM – Italians, Americans, Saudis – so long as it’s not the indigent and inept Redbird, who in less than 2 years have trashed our great club.
By the way, why hasn’t Cardinale shown his face in Milan lately? Has he gone into a state of occultation and doesn’t plan to emerge from hiding until ACM’s new stadium is completed in 2040 and the club wins the Champions League again in 2050?
Remember the name: MoneyYourBall Moncada.
He should resign from his position before the revolution begin.
At this point, if Gasperini & D’amico come to Milan, they don’t need Ibrakadabra & MoneyYourBall Moncada anymore.
Better M&M with rubbish budget than MoneyYourBall Moncada. Haha…