The news that Milan needed. In a lengthy press conference, which lasted over an hour, Zlatan Ibrahimovic spoke for the first time since being RedBird’s Senior Advisor and talked about the ambitions and strategies of the new AC Milan, announcing the new Rossoneri coach: Paulo Fonseca. «We chose him to bring his identity and how we want the team to play: with a dominant and attacking game. We studied how he coaches”, assures Ibra, “how he prepares matches and Fonseca is the right man. We are confident and we believe in it a lot. After five years we needed something new.” Fonseca is a shared choice because “we are a team, we sit at the table and discuss”, explains the Swede, in this Milan that wants to return to winning by focusing heavily on young people. «The objectives are trophies, not only in Italy but also in Europe. I told Gerry Cardinale that if I joined Milan it had to be for a winning project. I don’t accept losing. I have to win and I will win. And Cardinale replied “welcome”. We started from there and after six months my gray hairs have already come out”, says Ibrahimovic with a smile.
Twist in the race to become Marseille’s coach in France. It seemed done for the arrival of Sergio Conceicao, released from Porto, but faced with the Portuguese coach’s hesitation, OM decided to change objective and an agreement with Roberto De Zerbi is now close. The French media speak of advanced negotiations with the Italian coach, who parted ways with Brighton in recent weeks and who already two years ago was close to the Marseille bench, who then preferred Igor Tudor over him. Contacts with De Zerbi have been going on for days and the parties are close to an agreement for a three-year contract. The former Sassuolo and Shakhtar coach does not represent a plan B: at the Velodrome they have always had great respect for him but they thought that he would remain in the Premier League or that he would wait for the call from a big team. However, the fact that he was still free in mid-June would have pushed president Longoria and sporting director Benatia to make an attempt, receiving positive feedback. Hence the acceleration that could lead De Zerbi to become the second Italian coach in the history of OM after Rino Gattuso. Verona has made official the new coach Paolo Zanetti, 41 years old, who has joined the yellow-blue club until 30 June 2025, with an option for a second year. New technical managers arrive in Udine: Gokhan Inler arrives, as head of the technical area, and Gianluca Nani (Group Technical Director). Sporting director Pietro Accardi moves from Empoli to Sampdoria.
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