Carlo Pellegatti, a journalist, spoke to MilanNews.it about the future of Massimiliano Allegri:
“Don’t get your hopes up too much that Massimiliano Allegri will stay. Right now, I hope he does stay because I’m an Allegri supporter, but I’m not optimistic. If the team doesn’t qualify for the Champions League, he definitely won’t stay. Even if we do qualify, I would still want him to remain, but if you told me to bet ten euros on it, I wouldn’t do it. If Giorgio Furlani stays, then definitely not after what happened in January. If something changes, we’ll have to see what changes, but at the moment I’m not very optimistic.
If Furlani stays, there’s a strong chance that Tony D'Amico and Vincenzo Italiano will arrive, even if we qualify for the Champions League. Bringing in D’Amico and Italiano while qualifying for the Champions League and sending Allegri away would be a difficult move to make given the current mood, and personally I wouldn’t like it. If Furlani were to leave, then in my opinion neither D’Amico nor Italiano would come.
This is the sixth year in a row that we’ve had these kinds of problems in May. In the Scudetto-winning season, we won the title and then renewed Paolo Maldini’s contract on 30 June; the following year they dismissed him. Last year there was uncertainty over Stefano Pioli, along with the situations involving Paulo Fonseca and Sergio Conceição.
I had no doubts and already knew yesterday’s press conference would not create any further turbulence. Massimiliano Allegri’s approach has always been very close to the club’s line, going back to the days of Silvio Berlusconi and Adriano Galliani, and later during the era of Andrea Agnelli, obviously without creating half-statements and sensational headlines. A friend of mine always told me that questions must be asked, and then whatever answers come, come, but at least we asked the questions.”
