Subbuglio at Milan home. In the aftermath of the painful test offered by the Rossoneri on the Sampdoria field, which ended with a heavy 2-0 that does not allow replicas, at home Milan there is already talk of a possible exemption of his coach Montella, considered the main culprit of the resigned attitude shown even yesterday by his men. There is a rumor that within the Rossoneri club more than someone who matters, has lost patience and is considering right now whether to relieve the Neapolitan coach, considered not only by the fans but also by various professionals as inadequate. to lead a “top team” like the one created in the summer and made available to Montella, at the end of a sumptuous transfer market session defined at all levels. A transfer market like no one had seen since Berlusconi's heyday, but which in his time allowed the Rossoneri to dominate the world football scene for a few years, making Milan a top club admired all over the globe. Basically what Real Madrid and Barcelona have been doing for some years now.
Yet not a month ago, a big deal for the Rossoneri who had invested a dizzying figure, very close to 195 millions of euros, had been closed, crowning Milan as the indisputable queen of the market.
He had come from the likes of Musacchio (d, Villarreal), Rodriguez (d, Wolfsburg), Kessié (c, Atalanta), André Silva (a, Porto), Borini (a, Sunderland), Calhanoglu (c, Bayer Leverkusen) Conti (d, Atalanta), Bonucci (d, Juventus), Biglia (c, Lazio), Kalinic (a, Fiorentina).
No one in Italy had come close to such an investment and even in Europe only the "sheikhs" of Manchester City and Paris Saint Germain in addition to the usual Russian tycoon Abramovic with his Chelsea, had managed to spend more. But let's go back to earth, because AC Milan created to be a beautiful swan, today is still an ugly duckling and yesterday at the Ferraris in Genoa, in the presence of a Sampdoria, certainly less equipped but with desire and organization to sell, suffered the second defeat in four days, after the fool remedied a few days earlier at the Olimpico against Lazio.
The Rossoneri CEO Fassone was very upset. “There was a lack of self-esteem. It is something that is built over time, unfortunately it is not something that comes overnight, it comes with results. We still had nine victories in ten games, so it is clear that there should have been confidence, that confidence that was not actually seen on the pitch and that I hope will arrive as soon as possible ". And he adds: "I don't know if it's a question of a higher level opponent, I think Sampdoria are not on the same level as Milan, I'm a man of numbers and therefore I know that Sampdoria has a turnover that is one third of ours and salaries which are a third of ours, Sampdoria is different from Lazio. Giampaolo was very good, he set up a match in which he harnessed us, preventing us from playing, he almost didn't let us leave our half of the pitch for 60-70 minutes, so surely they should be congratulated ”.
The compliments made to the Sampdoria coach Gianpaolo sound like a warning to “his” coach Montella, called to an immediate redemption in the next two matches that will see the Rossoneri playing at the Meazza in front of Roma and Inter. Fassone is very clear on the issue: "I expect that those matches will certainly be tackled with a different attitude than today".
Vincenzo Montella is warned, his bonuses have been played too hastily and now a further misstep could be the last for the airplane that can no longer fly.
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