After an overall unsatisfactory season despite a supercoppa triumph, AC Milan is expected at the turn. Marked by instability on the bench with the successive layoffs of Paulo Fonseca and then of Sérgio Conceição, the last campaign left injuries in the workforce and in tifosi. To turn the page, the club made a strong choice by recalling Massimiliano Allegri with the mission of bringing stability and competitiveness. At the same time, the management was reinforced by the appointment of Igli Tare as sports director, like a desire to start again on solid bases and to build an ambitious project in the medium term. This new impetus was also materialized by an offensive transfer window. Milan has already recorded the arrivals of Samuele Ricci to energize his environment, by Pervis Estupiñán to strengthen the left corridor and an experienced Luka Modric, who came to bring his leadership in the midfield.
The discussions are advancing as well with Ardon Jashari and the young Zachary Athekame, two targeted profiles to ensure the future. In parallel, the club had to face major departures, notably those of Theo Hernandez, Tijjani Reijnders and Emerson Royal, opening the way to a deep reconstruction. The loans of Kyle Walker, Joao Félix, Tammy Abraham and Riccardo Sottil have not been extended, as are the contracts of Luka Jovic and Davide Calabria. The objective is clear: to give Allegri a competitive workforce to become a serious pretender to Scudetto again and to offer football up to Milanese history. And that is good since Adriano Galliani, who led AC Milan from 1986 to 2017 under the Silvio Berlusconi era, winning 29 trophies, is about to return to his heart club with the ambition to reach the symbolic bar of the 30 trophies to win a new Scudetto.
An XXL role in offices
The role of Adriano Galliani in AC Milan should not be that of president, which was initially hypothetical and even likely likely according to the first rumors before being stall in the negotiations, but rather that of super-consultants for the Milanese club. The 81 -year -old Italian leader would not resume his functions strictly linked to football as in the past, since AC Milan has already entrusted its tasks to the new Igli Tare sports director, attached to the Director General Giorgio Furlani. Whoever is also a senator of the Italian Republic would rather be responsible for representation, including operational, with institutional bodies. He will thus occupy the headquarters reserved for the management of the Rossoneri during meetings at the Lega Serie A and the Italian Federation (FIGC), where Galliani has been a weight decision maker for years. He will also work on the issue of the stadium, a file widely directed by President Paolo Scaroni for several years. The future of San Siro being at the heart of Milanese news in recent days, as well as in his media relations, the return of Adriano Galliani could speed up the standoff with the municipality of Milan and the other organizations involved in the stadium file.
THE CORRIERE DELLO SPORT even gives a little more indications behind the scenes of this arrival. Currently occupied by the sale of AC Monza, whose transfer of property from Fininvest to the American fund Beckett Layne Ventures must be finalized in mid-September, Galliani will then be free to use this strategic role in Milan. Still according to the CORRIERE DELLO SPORT, An agreement in principle has already been found during a meeting on the French Riviera with Gerry Cardinale, owner of the club, on the initiative of Giorgio Furlani, longtime admirer of Galliani, and with the approval of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Advisor to Redbird. Adriano Galliani is about to write a new chapter with AC Milan, in what looks like a return both symbolic and deeply charged with meaning. After 31 years of reign alongside Silvio Berlusconi and 29 trophies won, the man who shaped the golden age of the Rossoneri returns at the time when the club is going through an identity crisis in the eyes of his tifosi, bruised by the violent ouster of Paolo Maldini in 2023 and critical towards a direction deemed too far from historical values.
