Milan proprietor Gerry Cardinale reveals he’ll ‘overview’ the membership’s organisation throughout the summer season and that he has already sat down with coach Massimiliano Allegri, however warns: ‘If we don’t qualify for the Champions League, it’s a failure.’
Milan have solely received one among their final 5 Serie A matches, shedding 3 times and placing a Champions League placement in danger for the primary time this season.
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Stress is operating excessive at San Siro because the Rossoneri are degree on 67 factors with Roma, with simply two video games remaining.
with the membership administration and the gamers, prompting membership proprietor Cardinale to launch a uncommon interview with Corriere della Sera and
“As , I often don’t give interviews, as I feel phrases don’t depend a lot, info should do the speaking, however I perceive that in a second like this, it’s truthful to ship a transparent sign,” Cardinale stated.
“Max and the crew have finished a fantastic job for nearly the entire season. We had been on the high of the desk and within the title race till the sport towards . Then, with the final 5 video games, we danger throwing the season away.
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“I’ve been within the sports activities world for 3 a long time, however this doesn’t make me really feel higher. Now we’re centered on profitable the final two video games. I’ve to say, we transfer in a difficult context. Quite a lot of controversies and falseness. Truthfully, I’m a bit dissatisfied.”
Some Italian media retailers have highlighted that Cardinale’s principal purpose is to make the membership worthwhile fairly than profitable trophies.
“To say that I care extra about cash than profitable is absurd,” he replied.
“In the event you take a look at my life and profession, I’ve at all times received. Subsequently, the concept that I’m doing this with out the purpose of being the No.1 is ridiculous. However the outcomes should do the speaking, and when performances don’t attain the potential, like now, I’m absolutely nervous. I don’t coach, I don’t rating targets or defend, however I can do my half. My half is to offer the monetary assets to discipline a aggressive crew, not simply in Serie A however, hopefully, in Europe too. That is my job, and I’m fairly good at doing it.
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“Clearly, I’m not comfortable. Max [Allegri] isn’t comfortable, and the gamers usually are not comfortable. Profitable stays the precedence, and I can make sure that everybody needs to win. Not profitable the title has been a disappointment; if we don’t qualify for the Champions League, it’s a failure. Now we have many injured gamers, like Luka [Modric]. It’s sports activities. You may’t at all times win, even when Milan ought to. When it doesn’t occur, it’s a failure.
“I come from a tradition the place, when somebody stumbles, we assist them get again up. We don’t attempt to cancel them,” Cardinale continued.
“Proper now, the crew is stumbling, so I’d like to inform everybody who cares concerning the crew to help it fairly than discourage it. There are two video games left to win; let’s keep centered.
“I can’t blame the followers for being offended; I’m offended, too. They’re as passionate as I’m. However let’s attempt to help our lads fairly than deliver them down. I really feel an unlimited sense of duty. When we’re not as much as the duty, and I see the followers’ response, I take it personally; I’m upset. It enters beneath my pores and skin, and I really feel the duty to make things better with an urgency that no person ought to query. I get up each morning with the need to win and with a deep sense of disappointment and frustration after we don’t make it.”
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Cardinale insisted that he has made investments for Milan, though cash has not been spent in the precise method.
“Since I took over at Milan, we’ve achieved monetary outcomes past expectations and generated constructive money move for the primary time within the membership’s historical past,” he argued.
MILAN, ITALY – MARCH 08: The followers present their help throughout the Serie A match between AC Milan and at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on March 08, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Picture by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photos)
“I’m not taking that cash and placing it in my pocket. I’m reinvesting it. The narrative that monetary self-discipline means not desirous to win is not sensible in any respect. During the last three seasons, we’ve spent greater than some other Serie A membership within the switch market. Now, perhaps we didn’t spend it in one of the simplest ways, however I’d give myself a better grade for the cash I invested than for a way we spent it. We have to do a greater job, so there’s a direct correlation between spending and profitable. We haven’t achieved that but. We haven’t finished a ok job, and we’ll repair it. We have to look at the organisation’s construction and soccer facet, and work with the teaching workers and the sporting director to know how we are able to operate higher collectively.”
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Milan are pushing for a top-four end, however Cardinale will overview the membership’s construction as soon as the season ends.
“We at all times attempt to evolve our organisation. So sure, everybody ought to anticipate that each season the place performances fall under expectations, every thing shall be reassessed, and I’ll reassess everybody and every thing this summer season,” he stated.
“I’ll dedicate my total summer season to this; it’s best to assume I’m already fascinated about it, in any other case I wouldn’t be doing my job. We’ll see how we end, then we’ll sit down. I’ve already sat down with Max, and we’ve talked about many issues. We’ll get to work as soon as the season is over; now isn’t the time to debate it.
epa10157496 AC Milan proprietor Gerry Cardinale (R) earlier than the Italian Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and FC Inter Milan at Giuseppe Meazza stadium in Milan, Italy, 03 September 2022. EPA-EFE/ROBERTO BREGANI
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“The purpose is to enhance the organisation and produce it to a world-class degree. The target right here is to win as a lot as attainable yearly whereas additionally guaranteeing that, in doing so, we’re constantly laying the foundations. We might lay our a fortune, signal established gamers, then what? You need to do each. This summer season, we’ll overview the organisation and see what we are able to do to fill the gaps, as a result of we haven’t been ok.
“It’s not about changing folks, however about reviewing the organisational construction and ensuring we’ve got every thing in place, from the teaching workers to the participant recruitment, from the sporting director to academies.
“After all, I’ve made errors. Many,” he admitted.
“That is most likely the toughest factor I’ve ever finished, however I’m a fighter, and I received’t cease till I win. One of many greatest classes has been understanding how completely different the context is. In the event you don’t stay it, as an American, you’ll be able to’t totally perceive the function that soccer and Milan play in the neighborhood.
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“I want there have been extra give attention to the essential points, the significance of sports activities infrastructure, the best way to modernise Italian soccer, and why Italy missed yet one more World Cup, the third in a row. As a substitute, there’s controversy. You see, this isn’t nearly Serie A. It’s about not exhibiting as much as Champions League Finals and shedding 5-0; it’s about competing significantly in Europe. It’s concerning the 4-to-1 hole in TV rights revenues between the Premier League and everybody else.
“The hole in Italian soccer has widened. The truth is that, the way in which the world works in the present day, you received’t resolve it with out cash. And I do know a factor or two about cash. I don’t need to transplant the way in which we do issues in America immediately. I’m totally conscious that issues are completely different in Italy and that I have to adapt. I have to encompass myself with nice Italians who may also help me do it, that’s a part of the training course of.”
The Rossoneri have additionally purchased the San Siro space alongside metropolis rivals Inter, aiming to construct a brand new stadium close to the Stadio Meazza.
“It’s not an actual property operation. It’s not an ego undertaking,” concluded Cardinale.
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“It’s about bettering Milan’s monetary profile so we are able to compete for the world’s greatest gamers. It’s additionally, by the way in which, one thing we should always do for the folks of Milan, who deserve a world-class stadium£ to be globally recognised as a house of sport and a celebration of this tradition. Proper now, it isn’t.”