It has not been explicitly said that Antonio Conte will be AC Milan’s new coach, but it is quite clear that Stefano Pioli will not lead the Rossoneri next season. Club owner Gerry Cardinale can’t get over relegation from the Champions League. Not only because of the lack of earnings but because of the lost opportunity for AC Milan to play in the first Club World Cup next summer.For Cardinale, the World Cup was a priority because it would be played in the United States and because he heads the investor group that owns Milan, the American ‘showcase’ of the Club World Cup next summer was strategically important. Not only because of the guaranteed minimum of 50,000,000 euros from participation but also because of the prestige and strengthening of the AC Milan brand on the American market.##NAJAVA_MECA_7855893##When all calculations are made, Milan’s relegation from the Champions League cost over 100,000,000 euros. Last season, the Rossoneri earned close to 130,000,000 euros from the Champions League, twice as much as they collected this season in the group stage. When you add to that the aforementioned 50,000,000 from the World Cup, that would get them over the much-wanted hundred million.Thiago Motta is an increasingly serious candidate for the AC Milan bench, not only Juventus’. The philosophy imposed by the previous owners of Milan which was accepted and continued by the current ones refers much more to Motta than to Antonio Conte. The trophy-winning Italian expert has not excelled in his career as a coach who discovers, develops and shapes talent. Conte has the characteristic of adapting big and good players to his game, not vice versa.📰 #CorSport: #Juventus and #ACMilan are interested in #ThiagoMotta to coach the team next season. pic.twitter.com/jWqTokr1Hu— Milan Posts (@MilanPosts) February 7, 2024 On the other hand, since starting his coaching career with the PSG youth team, Thiago Motta has tended to ‘manufacture’ and launch young footballers or uncut gems. In Bologna, he is doing it seamlessly, from Lucumi and Calafiori in defense, through Ferguson and Orsolini to Zirkzee.Gerry Cardinale and his investment partners want to see profits from their investments in Milan as soon as possible. With that in mind, Thiago Motta is a more adequate solution for realizing that goal than Conte.
