This year's Serie A closing round is very dramatic with 4 teams including Roma, Atalanta and 2 Milan teams competing for 2 places in the Champions League. Because all 4 teams have won, their order in the rankings has not changed. The joy belonged to Atalanta and Inter Milan when they finished in 3rd and 4th place respectively in the rankings. Meanwhile, AC Milan have a reason to regret because they played very hard and won all 4 final rounds.
This result disappointed the AC Milan board because in the last season, AC Milan was invested heavily and continuously in the top 4 of Serie A. However, at the end of the season, Rossoneri declined and were kicked out of the Champions League group in the race with Atalanta and Inter Milan. Next season will be the 6th consecutive season Milan will be absent from Europe's No. 1 playground.
After this season, AC Milan's leadership has planned to reform personnel, with the first two positions being coach and sporting director. Specifically, according to SkySport Italia, on the evening of May 28, CEO Ivan Gazidis will have a meeting with coach Gennaro Gattuso to announce the decision to terminate the contract ahead of schedule. Currently, this coach still has a 2-year contract with San Siro.
G Gennaro Gattuso took over the San Siro hot seat in November 2017 after Milan sacked coach Vicenzo Montella. In 82 games since then, the coach has brought the Rossoneri 40 wins, 22 draws and 20 losses.
In addition to terminating the contract with coach Gattuso, Milan will also fire sporting director Leonardo, who took office in July last year. There is information that Leonardo will return to work for the Brazilian Football Federation. For nearly a year, the manager has had many conflicts with coach Gattuso and Gazidis CEO.
For their part, AC Milan has targeted 3 candidates to replace Gennaro Gattuso: Leonardo Jardim (Monaco), Simone Inzaghi (Lazio) and Marco Giampaolo (Sampdoria). As for the sporting director position, Rossoneri wants to appoint a former player who has experience in fighting at San Siro.
