67 words. 67.
It was the general sum of the official statement of the media of Milan regarding the dismissal of the biggest player in the club, Paolo Maldini. 67 words for a guy who not only won 23 main honors for the club an exemplary 25 -year converted the font of the ridicule.
A few hours after the 2022/23 season was sent into the history books, the news that Maldini had to leave, that he did not expect an assembly between him and the owner of Gerry Cardinale Club. It’s unforeseen and unforeseen, Maldini would have told the Milan players to enjoy their summer holidays and see them in July for the preseason.
He spent a day between the news that Milan’s royalty had to leave and the official statement of the club, which contains only 67 words.
The main discord between Maldini and Cardinale on their other ideologies on how to move forward in Milan. Milan’s debt, due to strict budget constraints put in place through Elliott Management and now with Redbird, reduced the club’s debt to a very manageable $66 million ($71 million) in 2021-2022. They will probably spend almost €0, or in the dark, once the 2022-23 accounts are published, thanks to the end of the Champions League semi-final and qualifying for next season’s edition.
Last summer’s budget of around $60 million ($64 million) had to be repeated this summer, despite cash raised by reaching the last $4 million in Europe. It was not enough. His comments after the Eurodertrough defeat were opposed by Inter, in which he suggested Cardinal free up more cash to invest in the team next summer, he spoke of a guy with Revel In to acknowledge that the club is in danger from the set. Many of Milan’s existing squad, with all due respect, watch a Champions League semi-final on TV and don’t actively play in one.
The public nature of Maldini’s comments has not gone down well with Redbird, according to several reports in Italy. In addition, there has been speculation that the summer budget may be as little as €35 million ($37 million), plus player sales. He barely shouts to make the leap in mandatory quality to locate the Scuditto or take a deep walk in the Champions League.
And the sales of the players were nothing that this very skilled Milan. Another brand opposite to the so -called Maldini is the impossibility of moving players in the last two summer windows, with only 6. 5 million euros (7 million dollars) and thirteen million euros (14 million dollars) generated in 2021 and 2022. For a club that operated with a Bustring budget, Maldini had to do better.
Milan only qualified for the Champions League next season due to the Juventus saga, and they have been the worst champions of Serie A since 1997. Part of the cave of this season in the summer signings that made no contribution tangible.
Divock Origi and Charles de Ketelaere were bit players in the name defense. The latter, which ate up Milan’s giant percentage budget a year ago, seemed out of intensity and is already presented with an item if a suitable offering arrives this summer. Once again, another shot in the name of Maldini. Estefano Pioli is well obliged to use the same team that gave the Scudetto, although with each player a year older and a little more selfish.
While Gigio Donnarumma was replaced through Mike Maignan in 2021, Franck Kessie was not. The lack of a replacement capable of the ivory injuring the Piolis in midfield and allowing Kessie to leave despite everything that injured both sides. His move to La Liga was a crisis and he may be transferred this summer. Pioli worked with a team of 14 or 15 players and tried to fight on two fronts.
Maldini is also believed to have sought more autonomy in the club’s sporting management, and had sought to update Pioli with Andrea Pirlo, his former teammate who had recently left Turkey’s Fatih Karagumruk. for his ability to expand teenagers and the coach’s undemanding nature for new players.
SIENA, ITALY: AC Milan’s captain Paolo Maldini (R) jubilates with his teammates Andrea Pirlo (L) … [+] and Ukrainian striker Andryi Shevchenko after the first goal against Siena, during their Italian serie A football match in Siena, 17 April 2004. AFP PHOTO/Carlo BARONCINI (Photo credit should read CARLO BARONCINI/AFP via Getty Images)
The confluence of contrasting transfer philosophies, previous mistakes made and Cardinale’s team-oriented recruitment strategy signalled the end of Maldini’s time at the club his family name is synonymous with. Yet Cardinale hasn’t calculated the PR-damage he’s inflicted by letting Maldini go. For a club whose brand outshines both Juventus and Inter on a domestic and global level, sacking club royalty is hardly going to enamour supporters.
Maldini has forged a close bond with the likes of Maignan, Theo Hernandez, Fikayo Tomori and Rafael Leao, and some of them took to social media, posting cryptic messages without words. However, if you read between the lines, the essential elements were clear, they are happy with the situation.
“In Madrid, I knew that the story will have to be respected,” said Carlo Ancelotti when he asked about Maldini’s dismissal.
“Here, Di Stefano, Amancio, Gento and Puskas are exclusive values still respected. What happened to Maldini proves a lack of historic culture and lack of respect for Milan’s tradition. It’s true that you don’t win with history, but history teaches you how to win.” Alessandro Nesta believes getting rid of Maldini was ‘out of all logic’.
Maldini’s dismissal means that Redbird faces a uphill war to celebrate Milan fans, who have not been excited precisely with the property a year ago. Meanwhile, the movement for Daichi Kamada, which was almost an agreement made, is also stagnant in the midst of the conversion plans.
There is now a genuine concern that without Maldini and Zlatan Ibrahimovic retiring, Milan may stagnate. The summer movement window takes on even greater importance than it did a week ago. Geoffrey Moncada, who will now take over from Maldini and lead a more analytical technique for recruitment, will have to hit the ground.
Otherwise, the Renaissance of Milan can end.
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