Warnings, media distrust and the great conflict: Five extracts from Cardinale’s interview analysed

AC Milan owner Gerry Cardinale has stuck his head above the parapet again, and his words – along with those of the rest of the management – have caused a real stir.

First, some context is important. Back on December 11 the Harvard Business School released a document containing a very interesting case study on Milan, in which the most influential and important people at the club were interviewed.

CEO Giorgio Furlani – who graduated from the same institute in 2007 – was spoken to, along with technical director Geoffrey Moncada, president Paolo Scaroni and Senior Advisor Zlatan Ibrahimovic, among others.

Obviously, the words of Cardinale inevitably made the most noise because he is the captain of the ship. What we do know though is that the interviews for this case study were conducted at the end of last season, which is worth bearing in mind with some of the comments.

Yet, chronological distance matters little when the present isn’t so rosy, and with that sentiment in mind we have decided to pick out some of Cardinale’s more striking quotes.