Arrigo Sacchi has absolved Sergio Conceicao of blame for what is happening currently at AC Milan, instead blaming the lack of a strong management.
The past few months paint a rather puzzling picture, starting with the summer when Milan conducted a transfer window that has only really yielded Youssouf Fofana as a useful asset, and they hired Paulo Fonseca as head coach to then sack him in December.
With Sergio Conceicao in charge, the directors decided to go for a winter revolution at least by relative standards. Five players arrived including Santiago Gimenez, Kyle Walker and Joao Felix, while six senior players left.
It seemed to be a confirmation from the management that the summer planning was all wrong, and now a near-miracle is needed just to get into the top four after the Scudetto was spoken about before a ball was kicked.
Sacchi gave an interview to Corriere della Sera in which he gave his thoughts on the difficult moment that Milan are in, taking aim at the higher ups rather than the players or Conceicao.
“Look, with this Milan, anything can happen. Against Torino, I didn’t see a team. If I were a Bologna fan, I’d be thinking, ‘If we don’t win against Milan now, when will we?’” he began (via Football Italia).
In football, one of the most important things for a coach is having solid, capable, and present club management behind them. Well, I don’t think Conceiçao has that.
“The fact that they’ve bought around twenty players sounds really bad to me. First, you need to have a clear idea and work on that. If you sign players just for their name, you have little hope.”
