Milan Head Coach discussion

[Nicolas]

I cant agree more. However, the club denied these rumours about Rangnick if I am not mistaken. Which leaves us with Pioli. Allegri is not on the table, Arnault is not buying the club, Maldini and Bobans seats seem safe and the only thing Elliott wants is to make money. I dont know man. I just hope for the best. We waited for a miracle from an untested manager already. Giunti is not worse than Giampaolo and excites me more than '21 with Pioli project, which seems likely to happen. 

Or maybe I am too pessimistic.

Maybe a bit too pessimistic, but that is very understandable since we are talking about Milan. I personally don’t put any faith into the denials from Arnault, there is surely some fire behind all that smoke. It is very normal to deny these deals up until the very point of agreement, especially a deal this large with that many moving parts. They could still be in early stage negotiations, so any denial would only be natural, but Elliot is clearly preparing the club for a sale by getting rid of any non-essential player with a medium to high wage. Elliot isn’t going to make money by keeping the club on their books, that much is clear, so it’s extremely likely that they are looking to get rid of Milan during the next 6 months.

Let’s not give Giunti too much credit at this point, coaching a primavera side and being in charge of a team with the stature of Milan are two very different things. You’d think that Giampaolo had plenty of experience dealing with players and handling the pressure of Serie A, but as we all know he buckled immensely under it. To put such an inexperienced coach in charge of a young team that lacks leadership, confidence and experience is a recipe for disaster. 

We need someone with a background like Rangnick, experienced in a club that focuses on bringing up young talents in a system that is well defined, and skilled in operating within an organisation with the size and complexity of Milan. No more of these Serie A journeymen like Mihajlovic, Pioli, Giampaolo or whoever they can find in the league. Actually bar Allegri, Conte (or perhaps Carlo) I would’t even consider an italian, the lack of courage and ambition is too ingrained in the Italian managers on the market these days.