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Three consecutive defeats in Serie A, a victory over the last five games, a humiliating elimination in the Champions League, an incalculable number of individual errors … AC Milan Version Sérgio Conceição sinks into a thick crisis on all floors. The reverse in the 90+9th minute Sunday evening against Lazio could be the drop too. Especially since the Milanese tifosi were not tender and expressed their black anger with many songs and banners throughout the evening: “Cardinal, you have to sell, go“, “Unworthy” or even “This club does not deserve us». Drazy whistles and songs accompanied the exit of the field team to the final whistle. A climate far from being idyllic to work according to Sérgio Conceição: “We are always talking about the same thing. We prepared the match in a very short time, we talked about this atmosphere and it was strange: it is the first time that it happens to me in my career».
On the crisis, the Portuguese coach continued: “resign ? I have so much to do, I have to think of Lecce, I don't think of what. I live day by day. The most important thing is Milan, it is not Conceicao who remains or not. I'm sorry for supporters, because I'm used to winning. This thing hurts me. I am really injured by these results. I don't feel well at all right now. And what I do in these moments is working, even more. What touches me the most are the players, seeing their faces, disappointment, with great frustration. I am with them. I am here to defend my players and my locker room. If I have to work two or three hours more, I will. We are in a negative phase in terms of results and incidents». In addition to the negative results, AC Milan also begins to experience a real internal clash between its leaders. A fire that does not facilitate the general atmosphere of the Lombard club, at a time when Zlatan Ibrahimović is more than ever questioned.
Zlatan Ibrahimović totally isolated
Even if the relationship between the two men is tense, President and Managing Director Giorgio Furlani and the Redbird Zlatan Ibrahimović sports advisor went down to the locker room yesterday to re -motivate the troops and thus consolidate for the moment Sérgio Conceição. However, according to our information, the relationships between Italian and Swedish have been quite cold for a few weeks. The fault of many disagreements on the sports policy to adopt for the restructuring of the club, in particular about the profile of the future sports director. Asked about it, Furlani wanted to reassure: “We must improve our sports results. For the moment, we have not made any decision on the role of the sports director. If there are personalities that we can bring to the club and who will help us get the results we want to get, we will take them into consideration. For the moment, no decision has been made on this profile, all decisions go through me». In general, Zlatan Ibrahimović has lost many support in recent months, some management employees accusing him of waiting for the fire to be total to intervene fully. Others accuse him of taking up too much space for a figure which is not officially used by AC Milan. His public appearances in extra -productive events such as the San Remo Festival where the Formula 1 Grands Prix go wrong with a few people. Its catastrophic management of Milano Futuro (19th of Serie C), the development team, is also pointed out, while the club risks losing its professional status.
Indeed, while Furlani and the majority of assistants push for Fabio Paratici, Milan priority, as we revealed to you exclusively, Ibrahimović contacted Igli Tare, close friend of the former striker of PSG and FC Barcelona. As a reminder, Zlatan had already managed to place his friend Jovan Kirovski in the Milanese organization chart. In the middle of the two leaders, technical director Geoffrey Moncada tries to store his compatriot and friend François Modesto. According to our indiscretions, the Milanese management is more than ever divided at present: “We are all disappointed with performance, but we are also united: it is only with the unit that we can get out of this not very pleasant situation. There is no Furlani-Ibrahimovic problem, there is no problem with the coach or his replacement … Now we are all focused on hard work, be hard and finish the season in the best possible waySaid Furlani. To turn off the fire, the latter tried to offer other profiles capable of satisfying as many people as possible, such as Tony d'Amico, currently DS of Atalanta. Meanwhile, Sérgio Conceição feels very alone at AC Milan, almost no relationship with his direction. As a reminder, Sérgio Conceição, who replaced Paulo Fonseca at the end of December, signed a contract until June 2026 with a salary of one million euros until June 30, intended to increase up to 2 million in the event of maintenance. But at the time of the signing, a clause was inserted by the Rossoneri which allows early termination in the event that, at the end of the current championship, the minimum qualification objective for the next Champions League is not achieved.
While all these little people are reluctant, a man remains very silent: the American owner Gerry Cardinale. According to our indiscretions, the boss of Redbird is expected in the coming weeks in Italy and more specifically in Milanello, training center and club headquarters. For the occasion, a large summit will be organized as the final sprint of the season approaches. According to our information, it is during this meeting that the future of Conceição will be decided – contacts have already taken place with Mauro Tassotti to ensure the interim – as well as the future sports direction. The cases of Mike Maignan, Théo Hernandez and Rafael Leão should also be discussed during this exceptional meeting: “I represent Redbird and I speak to Gerry every day. Because many people say: “Cardinale is the owner, but he is not always there”. No matter where Gerry is, there is Ibra. I am not a Milan employee. I work for Redbird. But my responsibility is clear: bring AC Milan where it must be to win. He is very attached to Milan, he wants to succeed, Milan is absolutely at the heart of Redbird's projects. He wants to bring Milan where he deserves to be. In his own way, with his vision, his ambition and we follow this path. He put the right people at the head of Milan and he gives you responsibilities, but in exchange, he wants a simple thing: resultsTre to reassure Zlatan a few weeks ago. But today, there is no positive result or a clear project in Milan.
