Some leading members of AC Milan’s ultras group the Curva Sud were putting pressure on the club to hire Antonio Conte as the head coach, and it led to an internal disagreement.
It was announced yesterday that the Milan Public Prosecutor’s Office had arrested a number of key figures from Inter’s Curva Nord and Milan’s Curva Sud during Monday morning on charges of criminal association, and more information is now coming to light.
As Calciomercato.com report, a wiretap has emerged between Luca Lucci – who is the more active leader within the Sud – and Giancarlo Capelli who is famous as ‘Il Barone’. The former points out to the latter that he is not willing to endorse Roberto De Zerbi as the new head coach given that he and others are pushing for Antonio Conte.
“But Barone… we are pushing for Conte… I’ve been doing things with Milan for four days and you’re going to tell me De Zerbi?” he said.
The phone call took place on April 26, when it was already clear that Stefano Pioli would no longer be the coach of Milan beyind the end of the season, after the derby lost against Inter a few days earlier.
“I read it now, they passed it on to me now: Il Barone wants De Zerbi… but how can you name a name? How can you name names? […] But Barone, we are pushing, we are pushing for CONTE, but you represent the Curva, do you want to get it into your head that you don’t represent yourself? […]
