RedBird’s number one will have a more operational role, with a work team around him: Calvelli as CEO, the German will take care of purchases and sales, Gardiner and Lomonte sporting references
The new Milan takes shape. A castle of names, roles and skills. At the top there is obviously Gerry Cardinale, owner of the club: as he has explained several times, he will be directly involved and operational. A first change of strategy: he will no longer delegate to trusted men but will intervene personally. If Cardinale decides, there will still be a structure behind it that will work as a team in order to support the team and coach. The construction of a finally competitive Milan is the primary objective, with the club having chosen Amorim as its new architect: a modern and playful coach. Who won in Portugal and disappointed in the Premier League: still a learning experience. Cardinale knows the needs and requests of the new coach and to satisfy them he has chosen to set up a rather streamlined organizational chart, with areas of action defined and connected to each other. A combination of operations, analysis and financial feasibility. Not just one man in command, but a working group. With a precise reference model: Liverpool, of which Cardinale was the second largest shareholder for years. An ambitious model but one that Gerry can boast of having known very closely.
sports facility
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The market is progressing and at the top of the Rossoneri negotiations will be Hendrik Almstadt, director of player trading and that is the buying and selling activities. To support him in the activity of identifying functional profiles that are close to the requests of the coach Bobby Gardiner, promoted to director of Football Intelligence. Young people and not only, exploring all the European leagues: the new Milan will need reinforcements in all departments. He will also be the sports manager closest to Amorim, with whom he will be able to discuss the more strictly technical needs and issues. He will also supervise data analysis and scouting, an area that will be supervised by Donato Lomonte, the longest-serving Rossoneri manager by seniority. It will in turn be able to gather the suggestions of eight observers with eyes focused on the whole world but with particular geographical divisions: England, France, Argentina, the Netherlands, Belgium, obviously Italy. It doesn’t end here: an already identified video analysis and sports support figure will join, technically a Head of Recruitment Analysis. Once the structure has been defined, the market, both incoming and outgoing, will finally be able to come to life.
self-sustainable Milan
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In the idea of Cardinale, but also of Amorim, the team already has a solid and equipped starting base to aim for the Champions League, even more so if strengthened with further additions. If it were up to the owner of the club, all the big names would remain: Maignan, Rabiot and obviously Modric. Leao has called himself out, as far as the others are concerned the club is ready to resist the lure of any suitors (certainly Allegri’s Napoli for Rabiot): self-sustaining Milan, even if deprived of the rich proceeds of Champions League qualification, would like all of its most representative players to remain. Then there is the will of the other party who may have a role. If there are requests for transfer, adequate offers must also arrive. The Modric case is different, as he has an annual renewal option. Cardinale specifically asked him to stay at the Rossoneri: he will decide after the World Cup.
Jerry’s men
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Parallel, but also complementary, is the RedBird structure focused on the daily life of the club. Massimo Calvelli will take over from Furlani in the role of CEO. Other managers of the fund will be of support to Milan: the files relating to the team will also arrive on the desk of David Castelblanco, Gerry’s right-hand man in RedBird on the investment front. And then here is Ibra, property consultant. Above the parties Paolo Scaroni, who remains president.
milan future and nursery
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Then there is Future with a capital F. Milan of the B team engaged in the amateur championship. Jovan Kirovski, involved in the project by Ibra from the beginning, will continue to manage the development of the young players, destined for both Milan Futuro and the other boys’ teams. Vincenzo Vergine remains responsible for the nursery.
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