AC Milan are looking for a new sporting director and most likely a new head coach too, with an ex-Juventus duo having ended up on their list.
Calciomercato.com confirms that Sergio Conceiçao’s adventure has now reached its final stages. In all likelihood, the Portuguese coach will not keep his job for the 2025-26 season, even if he could yet win two trophies inside six months and obtain a European spot.
There are three names that currently stand out on the list of director candidates: Tony D’Amico, Igli Tare and Fabio Paratici. Any one of the trio could be entrusted with leading Milan into a new era, which obviously includes the choice of manager.
A few weeks ago there was a dinner between Paratici and Massimiliano Allegri, one of the names linked. The resolution of some past misunderstandings was achieved and there is a good harmony between the two.
It is possible if not probable that Milan were among the topics they discussed. In the past few weeks Paratici has already had a couple of meetings with Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Gerry Cardinale about the possibility of joining the Rossoneri.
He has not yet met with CEO Giorgio Furlani but the ex-Spurs director has made it clear that he is open to joining Milan. Paratici used to working under pressure at a top club, having worked at Juve in a very successful era and alongside Beppe Marotta before he left for Inter.
Allegri meanwhile has already had a stint at Milan, winning the league title in 2010-11 having arrived from Cagliari amid scepticism. Following another title challenge in 2011-12 and the gradual weakening of the squad, he was sacked in 2013-14 before going on to win 12 trophies at Juve.
As we wrote about in a recent feature, there seems to have been a campaign in the Italian media to talk up the idea of Milan going for the Paratici-Allegri duo, as part of some kind of overall ‘Italianisation’ of the club.
