AC Milan are not going through a positive moment at present, and the situation is not helped by the lack of unity among members of the management.
According to Footmercato, the Milan management is ‘more than ever divided into several camps’. Whether it is on the future of Sérgio Conceição, the sporting director to choose or the plan for the future, Giorgio Furlani and Zlatan Ibrahimović are ‘tearing each other apart’.
Relations between the two men are quite tense and after three straight defeats in the league completely derailed the top four push, an ‘internal clash between directors’ is being witnessed too, with Ibrahimović being ‘questioned more than ever’.
Even though the relationship between the Senior Advisor and the CEO is strained, they went down to the locker room yesterday to motivate the troops and reassure Conceição that they are with him for the moment.
Nevertheless, the relationship between the Italian and the Swede has been rather cold for a few weeks, due to ‘numerous disagreements on the sporting policy to adopt for the restructuring of the club, in particular concerning the profile of the future sporting director’.
Ibrahimović has ‘lost a lot of support in recent months, with some management employees accusing him of waiting until the fire was complete before fully intervening’. Others accuse him of ‘taking up too much space for a figure who is not officially employed by AC Milan’.
His public appearances at extra-sporting events such as the Sanremo Festival or Formula 1 Grand Prix are not going down well with some people. His catastrophic management of Milano Futuro (19th in Serie C), is also being singled out.
Furlani and the majority of the management are pushing for Fabio Paratici to take over as the new sporting director, while Ibrahimović has contacted Igli Tare, a close friend of his. This comes after he got his other close friend Jovan Kirovski a job within the organisation.
In the middle of the two leaders, technical director Geoffrey Moncada is trying to hire his compatriot and friend François Modesto. According to the source, the management is ‘more divided than ever at the moment’.
To put out the fire, Furlani tried to propose other profiles capable of satisfying the maximum number of people, such as Tony D’Amico of Atalanta. In the meantime, Conceição feels very alone at Milan, establishing almost no relationship with his management.
Gerry Cardinale is silent while the infighting continues, but the RedBird Capital chief is expected in the coming weeks in Italy and more precisely at Milanello, the training center and headquarters. For the occasion, a major meeting will be organised as the final part of the season approaches.
The future of Conceição will be decided, but contacts have already been made with Mauro Tassotti to potentially take over as the interim. Mike Maignan, Théo Hernandez and Rafael Leão should also be discussed, yet for now there is ‘no clear project’ at Milan.
