The Rossoneri club held back by the fans’ protest: thus the Lopetegui hypothesis for the post-Pioli era ends
Milan holds back on Lopetegui, the casting reopens. There harsh stance taken by the Curva Sudthe popular wave via social media marked byhashtag nopetegui the signatures collected with the online petition launched by a community of AC Milan fans, MilanZone, which reached over ten thousand in just a few hours, the fear of vibrant protests at San Siro on the occasion of the next match against Genoa, a more active opposition general diffuse, vibrant and pressing they thus induced the club to review its plans, ruining a negotiation that was more than addressed and already practically defined. The Rossoneri owners thus stopped the deal, reviving old discussions or attempting to start new ones. With the square that Antonio Conte still dreams ofGerry Cardinale, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and all the AC Milan management are therefore still looking for Stefano Pioli’s replacementwhose farewell is currently the only real certainty.
In parallel with the sudden slowdown for Lopetegui, therefore, the casting for the Rossoneri bench has reopened. It’s difficult to say today whether there is a favorite or not. The alternatives to the Spanish coach were, and continue to be, Paulo Fonsecaplaying for Lille this season, Roberto De Zerbilinked to Brighton by a 15 million clause, Mark van Bommel, the Belgium coach Domenico Tedesco. In the last few hours, however, the name of has emerged Thiago Motta who after having brought Bologna to the Champions League should leave the rossoblù club. The Italian-Brazilian coach has long been indicated as Allegri’s most likely successor at Juve but Milan is trying to insert itself between the parties to understand whether or not there is room for an agreement.
FROM PORTUGAL: MILAN WATCH OUT FOR CONCEICAO
To all these names we must also add that of Sergio Conceicao. The Portuguese newspaper is convinced of this Oh Jogo, which relaunches the rumors regarding the possible farewell of the coach who has coached Porto for the last seven seasons after the outcome of the recent presidential elections: “Milan be careful of Sergio Conceiçao”. The victory of André Villas-Boas, who got the better of historic president Pinto da Costa, has the power to cancel the renewal until 2028 signed by the coach just a few days ago.
