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The budget limits have yet to be defined, but there is a community of intent to try to climb positions in Europe

Journalist

May 1st – 9.11am – MILAN

Another meeting, without the walls of Casa Milan shaking. On the contrary: the one between Max and the Rossoneri management was a new appointment to restore increasingly solid foundations to the Milan of the future. And so, with a slight change of plan, it was not the club’s top management who visited Allegri at Milanello, but the coach who was welcomed on Thursday afternoon at Casa Milan. Three hours of confrontation, from four to seven in the evening, with Max coming out first, smiling but silent. Obviously: this is not the time for proclamations.

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It wasn’t the first meeting, but one of many in a long series that has become increasingly intense in recent times. After all, we are in the key phase of future planning: the market, even if the participants at the summit deny it has been discussed, the strategies, the season finale that the Champions League will have to deliver. The cornerstone on which the entire company business is based: only with the revenues of the noblest Europe will Milan be able to afford deals of a certain type. From an economic point of view, as a starting point, but also from a technical point of view: great players want to perform in big tournaments. Of which they must, at the same time, have already had extensive attendance: Max asks that the new group be enriched by players with international experience and recognized personalities. Goretzka, for example, is.

AC Milan's Rafael Leao, AC Milan's head coach Massimiliano Allegri during the Serie A soccer match between Milan and Juventus at the San Siro Stadium in Milan, north Italy - Saturday, April 26, 2026. Sport - Soccer. (Photo by Spada/Lapresse)

everyday life

The message that filters through is that on this as on many other points there is broad agreement of views. That there are no internal factions in conflict with each other, but a single shared desire which is to structure Milan in the most competitive way possible. Allegri was the guarantee of the rise in the championship and legitimately asks to have the equipment to climb positions in Europe too. The club knows it has to please him, even if the budget limits still need to be defined and everyone must respond to the owners’ guidelines. The other rumor coming out of Casa Milan is that yesterday’s meeting talked about simple daily management of the group, in view of the next, decisive, championship matches. Maybe: it is in the present that Milan is playing out a great future. The meetings will continue in the next few days and could become weekly if not even closer together. It’s hard to believe that the new Milan won’t start from here, from Max, Tare and Furlani.



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