According to what was reported by Monica Colombo, a journalist for Corriere della Sera, “the rift between Allegri and Ibrahimović, which has deep roots going back in time, occurred in a restaurant and in the presence of Furlani and Tare, who had to physically separate the coach and the Swede.”
Allegri–Ibra clash, statements by Monica Colombo:
“Everything that is happening around Milan is rather turbulent, and even the team environment is inevitably shaken after the various internal tensions. What is happening is that Milan is splitting into factions and, as long as the results were useful, the dust had been kept under the carpet, then old tensions suddenly resurfaced at the first opportunity instead.”
“As far as I know, Ibrahimović has not been seen for three months in the dressing rooms at San Siro and Milanello. For things to settle down there needs to be a meeting between him and Allegri, which has not taken place recently: at the moment the two are not speaking and continuing like this is not possible. There was a breaking point over the decision regarding the third goalkeeper to include in next season’s squad, but that was only a pretext for old tensions to resurface. When Allegri learned about contacts with Cassano, that did not help, just as it did not help that Ibra spoke to Fofana and Leão, giving them tactical advice different from those given by the coach in training.”
