Seventy-two hours after the major shake-up by Gerry Cardinale, who, following Milan’s failure to qualify for the Champions League, dismissed Giorgio Furlani, Geoffrey Moncada, Igli Tare and Massimiliano Allegri, the Rossoneri still have not filled any of the vacant positions, namely those of chief executive officer, technical director, sporting director and head coach. The last role expected to be filled should be that of the coach, but in reality, for the head of RedBird and for Zlatan Ibrahimovic, it will most likely be the first.
Iraola prefers Crystal Palace over Milan
This was reported this morning by Corriere della Sera, which explains that the new Milan is close to receiving its first rejection: the official and definitive “no” has not yet arrived, but Andoni Iraola, the top name on the Rossoneri's shortlist for the bench, does not seem convinced about accepting the Rossoneri’s advances, which began well before the end of the season with the meeting the Basque coach had on 15 May (two days before Genoa-Milan) with Cardinale and Ibrahimovic. There have also been contacts and discussions between the parties in recent hours, but in England everyone is convinced that he was simply waiting for Crystal Palace’s Conference League final yesterday to announce his new destination after leaving Bournemouth.
Milan considering other names:
Behind Iraola’s hesitation are several factors: there are personal reasons, for example, because his family would prefer to remain in England, as well as financial reasons, because the English club, which finished 15th in the most recent Premier League season, in addition to guaranteeing him a higher salary, is also offering him a much larger budget for the summer transfer market than Milan. The Rossoneri will therefore most likely have to evaluate other options: the alternatives are Oliver Glasner, who yesterday said goodbye to Crystal Palace after lifting the Conference League trophy, Xavi, an old friend of Ibrahimovic, and Thiago Motta, the only coach consulted so far who already knows the Italian league.
