Milan have finally chosen Pioli’s replacement and it is a name that no one expected. That’s who it is.
The championship is now coming to an end, with Inter playing the last matches with great ease after the Scudetto already mathematically won, and it now seems almost a fact that the adventure Stefano Pioli on the Milan bench is over.
The Italian coach’s own statements in the latest press conferences, in which he appeared, make this clear much more nervous and argumentative than usual, strenuously defending the work done in recent years.
Certainly, the criticism that Pioli has had to suffer during the season is decidedly ungenerous. And what perhaps hurts the Rossoneri coach the most, who will remain forever in the history of Milan for the scudetto won as an outsider two seasons ago, is that much has come both by his own fans and by the management.
In fact, it is impossible to forget the statements that have arrived by the patron of the Rossoneri Gerry Cardinale at Christmaswhen he publicly declared himself dissatisfied with the progress made by the Rossoneri this season, asking for more from the entire environment.
The point, however, is that Milan will finish this championship second in the standings, perhaps even exceeding expectations, considering that, in terms of the value of the squad, we are talking about the third or fourth squad in the championship. Certainly between the Champions League and Europa League, Pioli could have done something more, but the feeling is that his cycle is now at the end, and that he would have been criticized regardless of the results obtained on the field.
It’s over between Pioli and Milan
Naturally, for a few weeks now, sports newspapers have been wondering who will be AC Milan’s coach next season at this point. Lopetegui’s name seems to be the hottest one at the moment.
But some rumors in the last few hours speak of a technician not yet mentioned by the Italian newspapers, who could be a serious candidate for the Rossoneri bench. In fact, it seems that the management is seriously considering the possibility of hiring Erik Ten Hag, whose divorce from Manchester United now seems obvious at the end of the season.
Pioli out, the Rossoneri have already chosen his replacement
We are talking about an innovative and brilliant coach, capable of taking Ajax to the semi-finals of the Champions League with an offensive and geometric game, but who however also ended up in an infinite crisis, that of the Red Devils, began long before his arrival.
This is why the Rossoneri management is evaluating him, also seen his great predisposition to work with young people and improve them.
