Speaking on Sky Sport 24, journalist Stefano De Grandis discussed AC Milan on the eve of their match against Genoa, focusing once again on Paulo Fonseca’s outburst on Wednesday:
"Generally speaking, I don’t like blacklists. At the end of the match, I initially liked what he said because he started by saying, 'We won, but I’m not happy with the performance.' I appreciated that because it was also a form of self-criticism, right? But then, when you go on to say, 'I always work hard, I always sacrifice myself, I don’t know if everyone else does,' and this 'everyone else' gets boiled down to three or four names that the media are now identifying—because beyond Theo, there’s talk of Calabria, who posted on Instagram yesterday saying, 'Guys, I always give my all. It’s important to set the record straight.' So he spoke of lies. This points to a visible internal fracture."
De grantis continued in his analysis of Paulo Fonseca's Milan:
"And if you start making blacklists—Tomori might be sold, Theo could leave in January, Calabria doesn’t put in the effort—you end up breaking the team from within. I don’t know if this is a functional approach for the team; in my opinion, it’s not! And I like Fonseca; I consider him a dignified, respectful person, but right now, he’s losing his composure. If you need to address this, you do it face-to-face and have that kind of conversation. We’ve seen Leão excluded from the squad—it’s always about finding scapegoats outside of technical management, and I don’t like this approach."
