To the point where it's at best a poisoned chalice. Imagine trying to manage this team? I can't think of any manager in history who wouldn't appear to be clueless.
Can't disagree with this, missing out on both Klopp and Pep was a big set back and Rose and Nagelsmann look like they can at least match up tactically with those two. We need to ensure we get one of them, back them heavily and hope that our financial muscle and prestigious name in conjunction with a top young manager enables us to attract top talent again.
The team he inherited was ancient, with the likes of Filippo Inzaghi , Flavio Roma , Mario Yepes , Alessandro Nesta , Clarence Seedorf , Massimo Oddo, Nicola Legrottaglie, Gianluca Zambrotta, Mark van Bommel, Marek Jankulovski, Massimo Ambrosini, Christian Abbiati, Gennaro Gattuso, Kakhaber Kaladze and Andrea Pirlo all in 30+. Then you had Ronaldinho who was as good as retired and rumours were circling around Thiago Silva leaving. There's a very valid reason why Ancelotti left the circus. It was evident were AC Milan were heading to and he refused to be dragged by them into the pits.
The squad was aging that's true, but Allegri still got his wish and signed over the hill Mark Van Bommel to add to the misery. And the younger and more talented Pirlo couldn't get a game and eventually left for Juve.
You have no idea how Milan worked don't you? Berlusconi would talk big about transfers to appease fans/voters only to give Galliani spare change to work with. Then when things go wrong Berlusconi would pop in the dressing room lecturing the manager on how to do their job in front of his own players. Sometimes he even brought the cameras with him. Ah and he would occasionally ask a player about his wife and when he's going to bring her to Milanello so that he can finally meet her as according to rumours she's the most beautiful WAG at Milan. Here's an example of what I am saying.
Berlusconi saved the club from bankruptacy in 1986 and created arguably the greatest club side of all time with Arrigo Sacchi at the helm with unbelievable success. He can do as he pleases.
Actually I was answering your question in detail. Allegri like any other manager at Milan during the time had little to no say about signings. The structure was as followed. Berlusconi would promise the moon to the fans only to give Galliani peanuts to spend. Which meant that Galliani had to try to bridge the fan expectations and the minimum budget given to him. Usually that was done by signing old players on a free/low fees, get players on loan or buying other club's rejects. Allegri team consisted most of these sort of players aka old players in search for their final pay check or players with an attitude problem. These players would then boost an already old squad of proven veterans whom, by 2010, were clearly in decline. As said there's a reason why Ancelotti left the sinking ship and why Ibra spent his 2 years at Milan frustrated and angry of having to work in a side that was clearly not good enough.
It was reported by many reliable Italian outlets that Allegri wanted Van Bommel. He was eventually granted his wish in January 2011 by the club.
Van bommel was a free transfer who served Milan well during that period. There's no shame signing him in especially at a cash strapped club at a time when they were struggling to persuade pirlo to commit himself for a new contract
The reason he signed Van Bommel was because he preferred a more conventional DM and that was the reason the younger Pirlo was sidelined. Pirlo only made 17 appearances which was the reason he left. Are you surprised he didn't want to commit?
Wouldnt want him either. Nor rafael benitez.
Sir Matt played for City and Liverpool.
Its possible for almost any manager to have a bad season, for any number of reasons. Ferguson was an all time great not because he was necessarily a visionary tactically, but because of his genius level ability to foresee the decline in a player or a squad, and act accordingly. Even the great man had his moments and there were a few people during the Kleberson & Djemba-Djemba era that were questioning whether he'd past his sell-by date. History proved otherwise.
Something very similar happened with Klopp at Dortmund. What is needed is a churn over of players every so often. It is felt that a lot players had performed at a high level for a long time and now needed replacing, which they failed to do properly. So they're getting the consequences of it now. I think Tifo did a video on it. Was fascinating to watch.
He is available for freeeeeeeeeeeee!
Cafe gonna be gunning for blood now...
Ole won't be a long term option (hope he becomes a success and proves me wrong). Appointing Poch as has replacement would make little sense. For one Poch has never managed a pressured job like Uniteds and working along side the clueless Woodward and Glazers is a more difficult task than he had at spurs.
Ole's going no where. Don't know what people are salivating just because Pochettino got sacked...
If Ole isn’t long term then why would appointing Poch be wrong ? Not to say I’m OleOut.... Yet
Probably because he's many orders of magnitude better at management than Ole, and available on a free.
I'd be content to have any overrated manager get us back into top 4 with deep CL runs
Hence he got sacked.
Yep, we are stuck with Fleksnes unfortunately.
