AC Milan are currently paying out a substantial monthly amount on coaches, which might well affect decisions they make in the future.
Milan drew 2-2 with Lazio away from home on Saturday night which followed a 2-1 defeat in Parma and a 2-2 draw against Torino, meaning two points from three games to begin the new era under Paulo Fonseca.
Having arrived to mixed opinions to begin with, the pressure is on the Portuguese coach to turn things around quickly, especially when looking at the importance of the games that will come after the international break.
Sky even reported yesterday that Milan’s priority now is to use the break to calm things down, because when the games resume there will be a huge trio of games at San Siro with Venezia, Liverpool and Inter all within a week. After those three games ‘Fonseca’s position will be evaluated’.
As Football Italia report, Stefano Pioli and Milan parted ways at the end of last season but his contract was never formally terminated, which means it continues to run and he is being paid €7.5m gross (€4m net) until June 2025.
On top of that, Fonseca has a contract to June 2027 that is worth €4.7m gross (€2.5m net), which means a commitment of €12.2m gross for the 2024-25 season on coaches past and present, therefore over €1m per month.
If Milan were to sack Fonseca then they would likely hire another coach which would only add to the expense, something that is likely to factor into how long he is given to turn things around.
