“We consider footballers like machines, but they need someone to talk to them and tell them how things are. Having a great past as a footballer does not necessarily make you an excellent manager. You need someone to give you the opportunity. When they called me at Milan I asked if they were sure about this […]
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“We consider footballers as machines, but they need someone who talks with them and tell them how things are. Having a great past as a footballer does not necessarily make you an excellent manager. You need someone to give you the opportunity. When they called me at Milan I asked if they were sure of this choice, because the past is cluttered. There is nothing better than Milan.” These are the words of Paolo Maldini – flag and former manager of the Rossoneri technical area – at the microphones of Radio Serie A for the format “Serie A Stories”. Various topics were covered: from his farewell to Milan to his future as a manager, passing through the memory of Silvio Berlusconi.
To all Maldini
A life for Milan, at the service of the Rossoneri. After his career from playerthe unreleased one from manager: here’s how the opportunity came about: “The chance to work with the Rossoneri came because with Leonardo we had the same way of sharing things. I chose this role because it was Milan, it took me about ten months to understand everything.” On vanished opportunities and the future: “I have never said no to PSGthere had been this possibility, I met twice Nasser Al Khelaifibut then we never moved forward and that was fine. Not I can do it see me in a different club from the Milan. However, I’m not going to San Siro. I follow the Rossoneri and Monzabut it doesn’t seem logical to me to go.”
“The secret of Inter lies in this…”
A championship, that ofInter, which arrived with great merit and at the culmination of a solid and well-constructed project. The secret of this success? Maldini’s response: “TheInter it has an exceptional sports area structure, that’s the secret. There is a specific idea with long contracts. Yes, always little importance to the management of groupit is no coincidence that the Naples it went so badly after the farewell of Spalletti And Giuntoli“. And again: “We consider footballers as machines, but they need someone who talks with them and tell them how things are“.
Maldini on Berlusconi: “His footprint is everywhere”
“He brought an idea modern And visionary not only of football, but of the world. In the first speech in the dining room at Milanello he told us that he wanted our team to play the best football in the world, the same at home and away, and that we would soon become world champions. From the following year, everything changed. His imprint it’s everywhere. I really liked his idea of trying to play well, trying to win and respecting the opponent. Football accompanied him until the end.” This is how Maldini remembers the figure of Silvio Berlusconiamong various anecdotes on the legacy left in the Milan world.
