Tomorrow is 1 June and Milan still do not have a club structure in place. They are missing a chief executive officer; they lack the minds of the sporting department, the technical director and the sporting director; they obviously have no coach and no full staff; and there are no clear plans for the transfer market. In short, the question is: after abruptly sacking all the main figures responsible for last Monday’s failure to qualify for the Champions League, what exactly is Gerry Cardinale’s plan?
Milan without a clear plan:
A week ago, Milan ended their disastrous 2026 season with a humiliating home defeat against Cagliari, which confirmed their failure to reach the Champions League. The “failure” that owner Gerry Cardinale had spoken about a few weeks earlier had indeed materialised. The decision, almost impulsive but very American in style, was to dismiss everyone on Monday: coach Allegri gone, CEO Furlani gone, sporting director Tare gone, and technical director Moncada gone. And when a football executive decides to change and completely overhaul everything, one would expect a clear project to already be in place to start again. What has emerged this week instead is that RedBird does not seem to have a clear plan, but is rather acting through clumsy trial-and-error moves led by Ibrahimovic with the owner’s approval.
The question all Milan fans are asking today is: what is the plan? Tomorrow June begins, and there is just one month left before the new season starts. While all other teams have already moved on coaches and directors, and some are active in the transfer market, Milan are in a standstill. As mentioned, senior executives are missing, there is no coach, and there is also great uncertainty about the squad.
Who will stay at Milan?
Leao has said he will leave and has also been effectively dismissed by Cardinale; Modric is unlikely to return; some sales will probably be needed to raise funds, with Maignan, Pavlović and Rabiot being notable names in that regard; the transfer market is frozen without a sporting director to set the pace. In the midst of all this, attempts to appoint a coach have failed: there have been rejections from Iraola and Xavi. It is difficult to reach Jaissle and Pochettino.
As technical director, Ralf Rangnick has been identified. The German, however, does not convince Ibrahimovic, who contacted him, because he fears he would take too much power. Moreover, even if the German were to arrive, he would be busy at the World Cup as Austria’s national team coach at least until 28 June, writes Milan News. The current names in circulation are Oliver Glasner and Arne Slot, because they have become available at the end of the season: how long will their candidacies last? In short, it is not clear what the plan of Cardinale, Ibrahimovic and Calvelli is. Today, one month and one day before the start of the transfer market and the new season, it looks like the usual big chaos.
