Galliani: “Pioli changed Milan. Tonali is more Gattuso than Pirlo”

Adriano Galliani at 360 degrees. The former Rossonero CEO, today CEO of Monza, spoke on the sidelines of the presentation of “Milanello – La Casa del Diavolo”, the 240-page book published by Cairo and in bookstores since yesterday, written by Peppe Di Stefano, Sky journalist , as part of the Arena series directed by Gianluca Di Marzio. A divided heart, that of Galliani, between past and present: “The Monza-Milan match is a dream, absolutely yes, I am a huge fan of both. Bring it back to the Berlusconi trophy in the summer? We did it with Juve this year … It’s difficult to make the dates coincide, next year the championship will start very early for the World Cup. It would be nice “.

AC Milan today

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Words with honey for the current version of the Devil: “I support Milan madly. We don’t say anything because I’m very superstitious, but it seems to me that the team is doing a great job … It’s different from the past, Pioli was fantastic because with this 4-2-3-1 changed AC Milan. It’s not Sacchi or Capello’s, it’s difficult to make comparisons. It’s a good AC Milan, who plays well and great merits go to the coach who put all the players in the right position “.

Among the big names in Europe

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The comparison with the other top European teams, according to Galliani, is difficult to hold: “The zero parameters policy of the new management? We must realize that the clubs of the English league or some Spaniards bill Milan four times. In 90, when the first three years expired, his teacher Cruijff was in Barcelona. We managed to offer more money than Barcelona, ​​otherwise we would have lost Van Basten. It was not on a free transfer, but we paid a ‘parametrino’ of two million Swiss francs … Let’s call it the same zero. Now, before the pandemic, Barcelona had a turnover of 1 billion euros… Those were other times.

Maldini dynasty

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In the current management there is also Paolo Maldini: “He is doing very well. We met Paolo when he was 18, he spent his whole life at Milan … I was a friend of his father. The Maldini saga is something unique, we are the only team who had a father and a son who raised the Champions Cup as captains. It is a uniqueness of the Rossoneri colors. I wish Paolo every good and every luck. ” Galliani then tells some background related to father Cesare: “I remember him with nostalgia. We discussed a lot about Paolo’s engagements, and maybe for months we couldn’t find an agreement. But Cesare came in with his agent and said to me: ‘Adriano, don’t worry. I’ll take away. ‘And when we finished the meeting and we couldn’t find an agreement, Cesare would go away saying’ Don’t worry, I won’t take him away. ‘Now today’s prosecutors tell you’ Don’t worry I’ll take him away ‘(laughs, ed). In that Milan there were many players who grew up in the youth sector, many Lombard players … I understand that for a foreigner, with all due respect for foreigners, playing for Milan or Inter is exactly the same thing. ”

Ibrahimovic

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Among those who wore the Rossoneri and the Nerazzurri there is also Zlatan Ibrahimovic: “It is clear and evident that 10 years have passed compared to the Ibra of my management. I remember as an Altafini boy who went to Juventus and in the last quarter of gold. he solved many games. Ibra can still give you a lot, not in terms of minutes but in terms of quality of minutes “.

Tonali and Leao

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On Tonali: “Capello says he would have played in the great Milan? I think so, even if in my opinion Tonali is a midfielder, but he’s not Pirlo. Tonali, now I say a heresy, he looks more like Gattuso than Pirlo. He’s a player different, very good. I see him as a great midfielder, he steals a lot of balls like Gattuso did. A top player, perfect in midfield at 2 and not in midfield at 3. My dream would have been to be a coach, but I we had to be a manager … “. Finally, an impression on Leao: “I think that if he acquires a little more determination he can become one of the best players in the world. Potentially he has everything, he is very young and I hope he can win with the Rossoneri shirt. To become a world top you must have many things. He is very young, we hope he can get there “.