Their therapy of Paulo Fonseca confirmed Milan administration are unworthy of a membership with this nice historical past, says Susy Campanale.
It’d simply be as a result of it’s the Christmas holidays, however the Milan administrators appear to be actively auditioning for the function of Scrooge. Their therapy of Paulo Fonseca, who for all his faults as a coach is recognised by everybody as a genuinely good man, has been nothing wanting shameful.
Briefing a number of information sources even earlier than the sport with Roma kicked off that he would get replaced by Sergio Conceicao, then of the dismissal that had already been determined, was the type of classless transfer that’s merely unworthy of AC Milan. It’s beneath even the bottom degree newbie league membership.
That is sadly now not out of character or uncommon for the present Rossoneri house owners, so after sacking membership legend Paolo Maldini, it’s clear that is simply their strategy to operating a soccer workforce. It has been mentioned that Milan and Roma characterize a really American type of administration in sport, one that’s anathema to the Italian strategy.
We’re accustomed to the ‘padre padrone’ President who’s a vocal and fixed presence within the stands and media, making clear he runs the present and makes the choices. The American patrons are solely silent, even when recurrently noticed within the stands just like the Friedkin household or Milan’s Gerry Cardinale. There is no such thing as a clue as to their subsequent transfer, snap modifications come out of nowhere, leaving followers and press scrambling to determine what triggered the sudden turnaround.
It was clear to everybody that the tales about Sergio Conceicao being lined up weren’t dictated by the Milan outcomes or performances, as a result of they arrived absolutely fashioned, as a fait accompli even earlier than setting foot on the pitch towards Roma. Because of this the belief was a blow-out argument with Zlatan Ibrahimovic, as it might at the very least make some modicum of sense to the Supercoppa Italiana semi-final towards Juventus.
Fan fury will solely develop at Milan now
This horrid therapy of Fonseca is barely going to , which is already at breaking level anyway, because the ultras spent half the Roma recreation loudly chanting for Cardinale to promote up and depart. The Milan administrators have successfully taken the aspect of their misfiring star gamers like Theo Hernandez and Rafael Leao, who had been bravely dropped by Fonseca for having a poor perspective. The coach had proven guts to convey by way of Alex Jimenez, Mattia Liberali and Francesco Camarda from the Milan Futuro youth workforce and the left-back particularly has been vastly spectacular, offering the type of work-rate that we’ll merely by no means get from the ‘mercurial’ – a phrase that can be utilized as each insult and praise – Rafa and Theo.
By sacking Fonseca on this means, the membership has handed the keys to the gamers who merely would not have management qualities. They’ve to cease dreaming of a world the place Theo Hernandez or Rafael Leao encourage their teammates to combat and even assist out in defence. Another person goes to should do the onerous graft for them.
What we now have proper now’s a membership and not using a voice, a coach with out belief (as a result of a isn’t any higher than a caretaker) and gamers with out duty. Very like Roma, Milan are a directionless void completely reduce off from their roots. If that is the American means of operating a soccer workforce, we favor the Italian strategy.
