🚨 Gerry Cardinale has imposed his choice over Zlatan Ibrahimović’s and has definitively ended the pursuit of Arne Slot.
Oliver Glasner now the FRONTRUNNER to become AC Milan’s new head coach. The deal is expected to be finalized shortly.
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🗣️🇵🇹 | Rafael Leão to @sporttvportugal:
“I was first approached by Inter, but I wanted to stay at Lille for another season.
Few days later, AC Milan came forward.
Luis Campos passed me the phone and it was a call from Maldini. There was no way to say no.”
AC Milan is interested in Raoul Bellanova as an addition to the right flank. 🇮🇹
Milan has appreciated the player's profile for a long time.
Bellanova’s current valuation is between 15 and 20 million euros. 💰
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The fact that an Italian journalist is still clinging onto the “know Italian football” thing despite our season coached by one of the most decorated Italian manager shows that Italian football community just doesn’t learn shit.
🗣️ Sports journalist Francesco Ordine, one of the selected journalists that spoke with Cardinale last week:
“If we hadn’t gone to speak with that guy [Cardinale] we would have never knew what’s in his mind, now we know and I tell you that the worse is yet to come.
They don’t want an Italian as the head coach, they must speak English. The first requirement is not necessarily someone that he knows Italian football.”
this Serie A manager carousel is getting too exaggerated. top local manager tend to coach top local clubs, not rocket science
it's not only happened in italy, but also in country like spain, germany, brazil, etc. here example of la liga manager changes in recent years
Tbf Alexis Saelemaekers is a natural RWB. That position got the best out of him. Berardi and Orsolini are also some wingers that stayed wingers. In fact, Italians are so defensive that they like to play fullbacks as wingbacks and not play wingers at all.
Then people wonder why Italian football is struggling to progress. In Serie A, every decent winger gets turned into a wing-back.
Massimiliano Allegri turned Alexis Saelemaekers into a RWB at Milan, Antonio Conte used Matteo Politano as a wing-back at Napoli, and Cristian Chivu has done the same with Luiz Henrique. At Atalanta, Raoul Bellanova also plays as a wing-back. Almost every team relies on three centre-backs and outdated systems, yet they complain when Italy misses out on World Cup qualification.
The only coaches trying to modernise the league are Vincenzo Italiano and Cesc Fàbregas. Meanwhile, the big clubs keep recycling the same managers. Allegri has managed Juventus and Milan, Conte has coached Juventus, Inter, and Napoli, while Gian Piero Gasperini moved from Atalanta to Roma. That is not progress, it is stagnation.
Serie A will keep declining if clubs continue recycling coaches, relying on outdated tactics, and signing ageing players who should already be in lower leagues.
🚨 Leao does not want to leave Milan and has already communicated his desire to Ibrahimovic. His intention is to try to rise again along with the team
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Fabregas is simply unbelievable
He’s changing the football landscape in Italy. He’s proved you don’t have to compromise.
You can have the best defense while playing courageous football
I hope this is the direction Italian football goes
Genuinely there are no players who deserve to stay in this club except :
Maignan
Pavlovic
Gabbia
Modric
Rabiot
Leao
Pulisic
The rest should just fuck off with Allegri.
Against all odds?
They’re the richest club in Italy. They worked very well but let‘s have some shame here we don‘t have to force a fairytale story everywhere because this isn’t one.
Rafael Leao,
6th all time assists (2 behind 5th), 15th all time goals, brought Milan a Scudetto after 10 years, brought Milan to a CL semi final after 15 years + a suppercoppa.
My favourite Milan player EVER!
Legend @RafaeLeao7
This loss means:
The shitty ass management didn’t get the only thing they care about. ✅
Allegri is leaving. ✅
Don’t getting embarrassed in the UCL. ✅
Im happy Milan are missing the UCL. This club doesn’t deserve better.