After months of silence, Zlatan Ibrahimovic broke the ice on Thursday, talking about his new role as Senior Advisor to the Rossoneri and announcing Paulo Fonseca as coach. The Swede also spoke about the Rossoneri’s plans in the medium-long term. To the microphones of MilanNews.itthe director of Telelombardia, Fabio Ravezzanitold us his opinion:
Fabio Ravezzani, how do you evaluate Ibrahimovic’s conference on Thursday?
“The idea is that he didn’t exactly warm the hearts of the fans, who hoped to rediscover enthusiasm through his words, but in fact Ibrahimovic said in a more colorful way what the other Milan managers had said. Who thought that his advent was a stimulus to win immediately and have the instant team the same old story was heard. Which is legitimate and talks about sustainability and I give a young team. Who thought an acceleration, a change of pace has remained for a while ‘disappointed not by the form but by the substance, which should not be surprising because it was unthinkable that Ibra alone would overturn everything.”
It was also Ibrahimovic who announced Paulo Fonseca, considered the right man for this project
“When he presents himself as manager of the club and couldn’t say anything else about the new coach. Besides, I presume that Giuntoli will say the same about Motta. Even there he expressed a concept that was clear to everyone, that is, that Milan wanted a corporate coach, who practiced football and valorize young people. Of course, only a few weeks ago Ancelotti, who after winning the Champions League said: ‘They took me to win, not to valorize young people'”.
Convinced by his words on the market?
“The real problem that Ibra glossed over is that Milan loses two protagonists of the latest successes such as Pioli and Giroud and at the moment the former is replaced by a coach with perspective but not a declared winner and everything is still to be seen regarding the center forward” .
Regarding the center forward, the fans’ hope was to have reassurances on Zirkzee. Which didn’t arrive
“I find that the term ‘charity’ used by Ibrahimovic to describe the commissions for mediating the transfer is incorrect. Philosophically I do not agree with this reasoning. Milan must take or not take Zirkzee knowing that he costs 55 million. Like these money is divided is irrelevant, there is no morality when making the market it must not be: the intermediaries want too much money. You must know that Zirkzee costs 55 million and if you don’t consider the valuation appropriate, go to something else.”
Ibrahimovic spoke out after months of silence and declared: “we are not a podcast or a talk show”.
“Milan is defined as a media company. If you are a media company you have to communicate first. But on the other hand the question is: what do you communicate? Objectively it is better to stay silent than say untrue things. It’s true that in the market you expect great goals , great ambitions to buy important players. If you can’t communicate these things because you’re focusing on young players, it’s difficult to communicate it to a fan base that was used to taking Ronaldinho.”
Even the current choices lead fans to think of a Milan that is satisfied with fourth place
“The owner wants the balance sheet to be in the black and the strategy is legitimate, given that we are talking about an entrepreneur who took Milan because Milan was free at that moment. There is no Rossoneri blood flowing in Cardinale’s veins, we have to get over it. The point is that maybe you think you can win with this strategy but in the meantime the years pass, Inter spends more than Milan in terms of investments and wins Juve despite having a huge deficit is not farming and deals with players worth 60 million Milan is another type of market, this on the other hand creates frustration among the fans.”
Returning to Ibrahimmovement. Do you believe that your ego can coexist with what the role of manager imposes?
“I wouldn’t confuse Ibra with Maldini. Maldini has made a heartfelt story of him, Ibra seems much more commercial in his activities. Of course, he is certainly linked to Milan but as a footballer we remember that he has been in many clubs. It seems to me that he has not approached the adventure as a guarantor of Milanism, unlike Maldini he will do what the owners tell him to do, he doesn’t seem like someone who says: ‘Either do as I say or I’ll leave’. The fans were expecting an approach more emotional but Ibra won’t be able to be in this role.”
