Domestic and external difficulties are the most appropriate adjectives for AC Milan at the moment, and the call for manager Stefano Pioli to step down is getting louder and louder, and as many as 20 of the 27 first-team players have been injured. It is foreseeable that if they do not survive the final stretch of the first half, the Rossoneri are very likely to collapse in the league.
The above is the difficulty of internal difficulty, and the difficulty of external difficulty is the difficulty of changing the commander. Firing Stefano Pioli was easy, with Milan's well-known journalist Antonio Vitiello confirming that finding a suitable successor will not be easy. But the Redbirds have already given Pioli an ultimatum to leave with their assistant coach if they lose against Sassuolo in the next round, and youth team manager Abate has been appointed to put out the fire.
In fact, the Redbird Group is also on the verge of leaving. To buy Milan, Redbird borrowed 550 million euros from Elliott, and the pledge was AC Milan shares. Not long ago, the sports capital was unable to repay the fee on time due to the broken funding chain due to civil unrest, and they are now looking for financing in the Persian Gulf in the Middle East.
The financing did not go well, but Redbird's embarrassment caught the attention of Saudi funds. Not long ago, the white turbans just bought the Premier League club Newcastle, but they are also interested in investing in Serie A, including Juventus and Inter Milan are in their talking range, and their internal league Saudi Super League has also swept Europe, which shows Saudi Arabia's determination to invest heavily in the sports industry.
The Saudi Public Fund has made contact with Leonardo and Maldini, and plans to let the two negotiate with RedBird and Elliott Group, according to current news, it is very likely that Saudi Arabia will help RedBird repay the loan first, and then complete the full stake transaction after the season, and many media expect Saudi Arabia to buy the club will cost at least 1.5 billion euros.
Milanreportar also confirmed that Maldini had recently met with Saudi fund executives to discuss the feasibility and details of the acquisition of AC Milan. Helping the white turban to take over the San Siro, Maldini and Leonardo are likely to form an executive partnership and soon become a Champions League powerhouse with Saudi Arabia's strong funds.
Maldini's return will also help solve Milan's domestic and foreign difficulties.
Since his departure, the two core players of the first team, Leao and Te'o, have been a little absent-minded, especially the former who has the deepest affection for the team, and the only post on social media on Christmas Day is to retweet the team's family photo.