Roberto De Zerbi’s farewell to Brighton opens up a possible new scenario for the Milan bench of the future: the point of the situation
In addition to Manchester City’s fourth consecutive title, the biggest news of the Premier League weekend was Roberto De Zerbi’s departure from Brighton: now the Italian coach is free, just as the Milan bench is free from next season. La Gazzetta dello Sport this morning made a connection that the Rossoneri fans were expecting after the news of his farewell: for the newspaper, Roberto De Zerbi “looks with interest at the maneuvers of Milan“. But let’s go into detail.
Perfect identikit
The devilwrites the newspaper, “has already made itself felt in unsuspecting times”, times in which the clause to release him from Brighton (contract until 2026) weighed 15 million euros. Now, with the farewell due to the “no agreement to move forward” caused mainly by club policies, the profile of the coach from Brescia could strongly become one of the candidates for the Rossoneri bench. De Zerbi, continues the rosy, “in many respects it matches the identikit of the new coach outlined by the Milan managers“, in addition to the fact that “ignites the enthusiasm of the fans“. Along with the other names brought forward by the newspaper (Fonseca, Gallardo, Van Bommel and Scaloni), the former Sassuolo coach is also included: everyonecloses the rosy, “have had at least one contact with Milan in recent weeks“.