Milan's excellent record continues to lead serie A, and even Gazidis is high-profile interviewed to "whitewash" himself, "I came to Milan not for money, not only to do accounting, but more love." Love of football and admiration for Milanese traditions. There is no mention of finding a German, Rangnick, to replace Pioli, and being questioned in public by Ibrahimovic at the training camp last July. In a fit of glory, Pioli rescued Gazidis.
Yesterday's "Milan Sports" reported the whole process of Boban's prosecution of Milan, Maldini and Marsala to testify in court, exposing Milan's high-level struggle around the change of coach last year, with the headline: "How fierce milan was at that time!" ”
At the end of last year, the Milan Labour Court tried Boban's first trial against Milan, and Boban, the former chief football officer, won the case and fined Milan FC 5.375 million euros in damages. Of these, 4.125 million were due salaries during the original contract period of Boban, and the other 1.25 million were compensation for infringement of personal reputation. The Labour Court judgment reads: "Pointing out possible misconduct by the club and publicly criticizing and articulating personal ideas is a perfectly reasonable and lawful right of Boban as a manager, a right conferred upon him by his position." ”
On Friday, part of the testimony of technical manager Maldini and sports manager Masala was made public by labor courts and reported by mainstream sports media. Mainly for the fall of 2019 coaching process, that is, who Giampaolo chooses to be the coach after class. Marsala revealed that the club's first choice at the time was Espanyol Marcelino (who just became Athletic Bilbao's new manager on January 5 this year) and that milan had met with him in Zurich.
Subsequently, Masala was told by phone by Gazidis that "I met with Lannick with board member Forlani", but there was no senior sports presence, that is, I did not bring myself, the horse team, and Boban to play together. Marsala believes that it may be the earliest contact between Gazidis and Rangnick, and what they talked about is unknown. Immediately after that, the change of manager also thought of Schmidt, the current manager of Eindhoven, and later went to Spalletti's home to meet With Spalletti (and Inter still have a contract), Spalletti asked for too high a price (at Inter's 4.5 million annual salary after taxes), did not negotiate. In the end, Pioli was chosen, which was a joint nomination of Maldini and Boban, but everyone saw that Gazidis was not interested in Pioli and had long set the tone of the ferryman.
Milan's Ashkenazi Revolution was hyped last summer. Pioli retained his position by his performances and was supported by his players.
Looking like a god?
Maldini's testimony shows that he received a call from Gazidis, which basically meant that he was bullish on Rangnick and positioned himself as the manager for the 2020/21 season. Maldini confronted Gazidis and the board members for answers, but received no reply, Rangnick's choice was never openly discussed internally, and Maldini and Boban did not even express their opinions. The words revealed their differences with Gazidis.
The team was also shocked: at a meeting at the top level in November last year, Gazidis announced two points: First, the club cut its finances, and the budget for reinforcements at the beginning of the 2020/21 season was reduced from 75 million to zero. The second is to increase the authority of Amstadt (Gazidis's close confidant and head of the event organization department), authorize him to participate in all transfer market affairs, and report only to Gazidis. The team considered it unreasonable and was an excessive interference in sports matters. It was clear that Gazidis arranged an eyeliner and cut the power maldini.
Pioli renewed his contract last July
These disputes ended in Milan's excellent performance stage, and Maldini's reinforcements received unanimous praise. But somehow it would erupt again, and Pioli lived on the tip of the knife.