Igli Tare will, in all likelihood, not be the sporting director of AC Milan next season. The Albanian has come under internal scrutiny after a difficult year and a transfer market campaign that clearly failed to deliver the expected results. Gerry Cardinale spoke openly about a summer of evaluation and a season that risks turning into a failure without qualification for the Champions League. At this point, the question that must be asked is: can only Tare be made to pay for it?
Clear mistakes, but shared responsibility
Igli Tare made mistakes, there is no point avoiding it. Some transfer decisions weigh heavily, especially considering the investments in players such as Nkunku and Jashari, who cost a combined total of around €80 million and were never truly influential. In a normal club, the sporting director is held accountable for this above all else. But Milan’s collapse in recent months was not caused solely by two failed signings. It also stemmed from confused management, poorly defined roles, internal tensions, weak communication, and a sporting direction that was never really clear, writes Milan News.
Will he be the only one sacrificed?
This is the political issue: Tare risks becoming the perfect name to offer up to the supporters. A visible figure to blame, expendable, sacrificial. But it would be far too convenient to claim that everything begins and ends with him. Cardinale said that the club structure, football department, and way of working together with the coaching staff and sporting director would all be reassessed. Fine, then that evaluation must be genuine, not merely cosmetic. Because if Milan have thrown away certainty, advantage, and calm in this final month, the responsibility cannot rest solely with the man in charge of transfers. So the question remains, heavily hanging in the air: will Tare pay only for his own mistakes, or also for covering those of others?
