Fabio Capelloformer Rossoneri coach – a La Gazzetta dello Sport – thus commented on the possible arrival of Thiago Motta on the Milan bench: “He seems like a coach ready to make the leap. What if he brought in Zirkzee? Well, it would be ideal. Thiago Motta was lucky enough to have the surprise center forward of the season in his team and he managed him very well. If let’s talk about this but let’s go into another field, a decidedly complex one. The players are always the most important thing: you can only prove that you are good if you have strong players.”
What if Thiago Motta isn’t available? Capello mentions the name of an old acquaintance of Italian football for the Milan bench: “A coach who knows Italy. Someone like Fonseca”.
What should be the first characteristic for the next Milan coach? “He must understand where he is working. Each nation has a characteristic of the game, a series of unwritten laws to know. In Spain, Guardiola’s legacy is still clear – in the Basque Country, however, less so -, in England you run and he fights even at 0-3, in France the coach must adapt his football at least a little to these characteristics. He must understand that the players’ way of thinking, tactically, is different: in every nation there are things that you can ask and others that are best avoided”.
