Ball in Milan’s court as Conte offers himself – the situation

AC Milan’s final objective of the season has been ticked off as they secured second place in the Serie A table thanks to Juventus drawing against Salernitana, and now they can focus fully on the future.

This morning’s edition of Tuttosport (via MilanNews) writes that the last two matches against Torino and Salernitana will have a bit of a ‘friendly’ feel for Milan given they cannot move up or down in the table, but everyone at the club wants to say goodbye to Stefano Pioli in the best possible way.

An acceleration should come in the next few days regarding the new head coach and the hottest name is still that of Sergo Conceiçao, who should terminate his contract with Porto at the end of the season, while the alternatives are Paulo Fonseca, Mark van Bommel and Marcelo Gallardo.

The Rossoneri leadership really like Thiago Motta, who led Bologna to the Champions League, but he seems destined to go to Juventus to take Max Allegri’s place while staying cannot be ruled out either.

The dream of Milan fans – in the eyes of the paper – has always been Antonio Conte, who in turn has made it known that he is very much available to evaluate a proposal from Milan.

Milan have always denied contact with the former Inter and Juventus boss as he is not seen as a coach that fits what they are looking for, but things ‘can change very quickly’ especially with Conte reaching out to them to make it clear he is up for the challenge.