It would be fair to say that Gerry Cardinale will not be happy with how the last few days have gone for AC Milan, following the defeats to Roma and Inter that render the rest of the season practically meaningless.
According to this morning’s edition of La Gazzetta dello Sport (seen below), Milan were clearly inferior to Inter in the derby on Monday night and the owner was forced to watch the Nerazzurri celebrate the title.
We are still in the infancy of RedBird Capital’s project – one based around entertainment and sporting successes – but the fact that Cardinale chose to be there to personally meet the management and to encourage the team to a proud end to the season speaks volumes.
However, in April Milan find themselves in a season finale without anything of interest: the fourth qualification in a row for the Champions League is a success already celebrated, the last target is to maintain second place ahead of Juventus.
Cardinale directly witnessed the involuted and soulless Milan on Monday. He was inevitably ‘disappointed and dissatisfied’. Weeks ago he announced changes from London and kept his word: the team of the future will have a new coach.
The casting is limited and time was dedicated to each of the profiles in the various meetings that Cardinale had with Giorgio Furlani and Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The list of names is long, but there is the desire to move quickly and whittle down the options.
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