MILANELLO – The journey at Milan formally begins Paulo Fonseca. The Portuguese coach, former Roma and Lille, was introduced by Zlatan Ibrahimovic, operation accomplice of RedBird, in a convention in Milanello in entrance of an viewers of over 70 journalists. For Fonseca a two-year contract with an choice for a 3rd at 3.5 million euros per season. Previously Roma, led from 2019 to 2021, the 51-year-old Portuguese led Lille to 4th place in Ligue 1 (legitimate for the Champions League preliminaries) and to the Convention League quarter-finals.
The brand new coach
“I thank Stefano Pioli for every little thing he has completed. And he made Milan historical past with the nineteenth scudetto. The brand new coach might be Paulo Fonseca. We studied nicely, he responds to what we wish: a dominant and offensive recreation. After 5 years we wished to present one thing new to the gamers. We studied how he coaches. We need to carry one thing new to San Siro too and Fonseca is the suitable coach. We consider in it quite a bit. With him there might be one other face in comparison with the previous: Pioli is bald, Fonseca has hair. Nonetheless, they’re each elegant coaches. Why Fonseca and never Lopetegui? There have been additionally different names on the desk, we mentioned and in the long run we most popular Fonseca between the 2. Every single day we evaluate ourselves with the brand new coach. The technique is to enhance the workforce, its collective. And we’ve got a vital U23 challenge. We need to join the primary workforce and the U23 and Paulo Fonseca might be essential on this too. What satisfied me in regards to the new coach is his ambition. After final season’s 2nd place, the subsequent step is to strengthen the workforce to be aggressive for the goals we’ve got in Italy and Europe. I all the time say ‘Milan do not win, Milan makes historical past’. Whoever enters right here should have this ambition. We’ve got chosen a supervisor. We’ve got by no means mentioned Conte. He did not have the traits we had been on the lookout for.”
The market
“With Gerry Cardinale,” continues Ibra, “we converse the identical language and share the identical ambitions. We do not need to create a ‘muscular’ market however an clever, long-term one. Maignan, Theo and Leao stay. They’re gamers with a contract with us and they’re glad. In the event that they weren’t, then it could turn out to be an issue. They’re glad to be right here. They’ve already made Milan’s historical past and need to proceed making it. Due to RedBird we’ve got the chance to usher in robust gamers and we do not essentially have to surrender on them. The workforce that gained the scudetto was not as favored and aggressive as right now’s. The market is every single day, we do scouting and we need to enhance the workforce. Staying on the high is more durable than getting there. Zirkzee? He performs nicely, he comes from the Dutch college like me. Can he be one other Ibra? I do not need to evaluate myself to him. I prefer it, after all.”
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– 2024-06-13 22:43:36
