I'm pretty sure Sousa has no past affiliation with Fiorentina prior to becoming coach there, but it's nice to see them interested in Rui Costa. Not to say I think he'll leave Benfica for them, but it shows they understand the value of bringing back people who made history with them and are valued assets within the club. The guy's a proven success at Benfica, so clearly qualified.
Everyone knows this is a problem in Milan, we have some incredible people that could really benefit the club, yet the morons in charge never cease to amaze anyone as not only do they shut them out, they outright insult them. Hell, even the few that were kept on have been burned and treated like garbage.
The thing is, we could have so much potential. If it was me, I'd be looking at Maldini as sporting director, basically taking over from Galliani in overseeing the sporting project. His role would be one of technical development and developing the culture and philosophy to support the coaching and playing staff, helping the development of youth into the first team squad and developing the sporting project at Milan. We need someone with a strong understanding of the sport in this role.
I think we made a huge mistake in our treatment of Leonardo, he should have been groomed as Braida's successor to effectively head up some of the scouting and negotiating. His role would be one of supporting Maldini in the Sporting Directors role and supporting in the dealings for major transfers within the club, while overseeing scouting within the club and developing the department. His work at Milan was huge in the 2000's and what he did at PSG, even if at time dubious, was overall very successful. The dominance of the side we've seen since they were brought out was a result of his work, not just domestically, but also in terms of competitiveness. Since he left, they've sort of stagnated, dominating domestically but not improving results in CL.
I'd also bring in Albertini in a administrative management role, similar to what Gandini has been doing, given his success within the FIGC and diplomacy in maintaining relationships with governing bodies (i.e. FIGC and UEFA). Again, I think Albertini's role would be to work with Maldini, but his role would be different, taking on more responsibilities in ensuring the club is run in the most efficient and effective way.
Gandini may be a useful person to keep around given his influence within the European Club Association, but his role would have to be changed to work with his strengths, given the guy's made far too many mistakes over recent years, whether it be mistakes when submitting CL squads or his terrible PR with the Milan NYC fan club.
I'd also say we'd need to add another person to this team. One whose role is to act in the market and deal with player contracts. You'd think that this perhaps fits with the job description that I've suggested for Maldini and Leonardo, but I think it would be of greater benefit to split the role in specialised fields, as it would allow the others to focus in their respective duties while getting someone whose got a specialist skill set for the role. Perhaps names like Rui Costa and Monchi would suitably fit this role.
I'd also consider roles for certain individuals too, like Baresi, Tassotti and Costacurta. I'm not sure precisely what roles and I'm not sure if it would be as large as the names above, but it seems a waste of an opportunity not to try and work it out.
I would also say try to get more people involved on lesser roles, like ambassadorial roles. We have so many people who would be great for PR, and while they wouldn't be employed by the club per se, we could reach out and see if they could be involved for specific causes. Milan Glorie is a great example. I'd say why not go a step further and ask people within the history to come and be involved. For example, Sacchi in the last year gave a seminar to all the coaching staff on his ideas on the sport, which I thought was great. Asking these guys to come in as guests to give their thoughts would pass on ideas to the new generations, whilst emphasizing the value of what brought successes to the club in the past. Again, we don't have to employ everyone from the past, that's impossible, but getting them involved would heighten the sense of attachment and the value of the colours of the shirt.
Anyway, here's a link about the Maldini - Silvio feud:
http://acmilan.theoffside.com/2016/6/4/1...with-milan
