La Gazzetta dello Sport in this morning's print edition, after yesterday's words from Gerry Cardinale (read here) and Zlatan Ibrahimovic (read his interview here) about AC Milan's head coach Stefano Pioli's future and alternatives: team, coaching staff, management.
Gerry Cardinale wants interventions in all areas of the club. The changes will be profound, and the new Milan could be born on new foundations. Gerry has not excluded anything or anyone: the revolution will touch all the sectors of the Rossoneri club.
The first issue inevitably involves teams and coaches: the transfer market will have a deep impact, judgment on Pioli is postponed until the end of the season. Winning the Europa League would deliver to the ownership the missing trophy: success is Cardinale's obsession, and Pioli could fulfill it this way. Otherwise, the chances of staying would be decidedly slimmer.
After almost five years, AC Milan could change the coach to start a new era: with Antonio Conte, it would be a clear conversion. For salary, technical demands, character, and methods.
Besides Conte, other coaches are also in the mix to replace Pioli at Milan...
The hypothesis is there. Less disruptive would be other choices: Julen Lopetegui is a concrete idea. In his career, he has won only one title: the Europa League (with Sevilla), which is missing from the Rossoneri's trophy cabinet. For two years, he was the coach of Spain, and for four months, he was on the bench at Real Madrid. Another profile under observation is Thiago Motta's: after Genoa, Spezia, and the revelation Bologna (fourth in the standings, five points behind Milan), it would be his first time at a top club. Even the Marcelo Gallardo track, now at Al-Ittihad, is not to be abandoned at Casa Milan.
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