AC Milan’s pursuit of a new sporting director seems no closer to ending, and a decision will have to be made by the end of the month.
We recently wrote a feature about why the hunt for a new director has become a farce, with valuable time continuing to slip away. Big decisions must be made ahead of 2025-26 and nobody within the club seems to want to make them, making pre-planning very hard.
This morning’s edition of Corriere dello Sport (via MilanPress) speaks of a ‘decision that can no longer be postponed’. Milan are looking for a new figure to add to their hierarchy, more specifically a traditional sporting director who is close to the squad and conducts transfer business.
A gap to fill
Everyone in the current management – from CEO Giorgio Furlani to the technical director Geoffrey Moncada – knows that this new addition is necessary, because it is a gap that has been exposed by a poor 2024-25 season.
Yet, so far a solution has not been found that satisfies everyone. The paper talks about the need for unity of purpose that has not been seen so far, given that all the figures seems to have a different idea of what is best for the club.
A final decision will be made by the end of May. The options on the table are always the same: Tony D’Amico is the favourite of the Milan CEO but he is under contract at Atalanta, while Igli Tare does not convince him.
The option currently at the bottom of the approval rating is to stay with an unchanged structure. It would represent quite a major U-turn after the public comments about the desire to introduce a new sporting director.
