Repubblica: Vergine’s exit ‘imminent’ as Ibrahimovic pursues Ajax-inspired Milan

Vincenzo Vergine’s time as the head of AC Milan’s youth sector could last less than a year because Zlatan Ibrahimovic is thinking about bringing in his own man, a report claims.

Vergine took the role vacated by Angelo Carbone’s departure as the Head of the Youth Sector last September having held the same position for 13 years at Fiorentina and then for the last two years at Roma. At the time, it was rightly viewed as an ambitious appointment given his success with Roma.

The journalist Enrico Currò focused spoke about the power that Ibrahimovic now has in a piece for La Repubblica (via Radio Rossonera), and he also mentioned something interesting about the future of the youth sector.

He states that Zlatan has ‘engaged in a tug-of-war with the head of the youth sector Vergine’, whose farewell after less than a year of work (he arrived in September 2023) is ‘imminent’. In his place, a director from Ajax is expected to arrive.

It comes after Sky reported last week that Ibrahimovic wishes to implement the ‘Ajax model’ at Milan, one which is centred around a certain type of youth development, and it seems he has a precise vision in mind for how it can be achieved.