[Rivaldo]

Milan Vice-President Adriano Galliani reveals his cure for the team’s ills. “I want to keep a close eye and hands-on approach with every player.”

The club is in crisis after exiting the UEFA Cup, Coppa Italia and practically the Scudetto race too, so Galliani is taking control.

“I want to see each individual player’s intensity of their efforts during training,” he told the Corriere dello Sport.

“I intend to follow up on how the injured players are recovering, how the fitness Coaches are working and a few other aspects too.

“From now until May 31 I will run this club not from our offices in via Turati, but from Milanello.

“I will be present at the training ground every moment I can and I guarantee you that will be often.”

Although Silvio Berlusconi is the President, Galliani is the de facto general manager and man in charge of the day to day running of the Rossoneri.

This week he held two different sets of crisis talks with Carlo Ancelotti and the squad, in which he warned that failure to finish at least in the top three would mean massive sales and wages slashed.

“The club simply made its position clear. We told them what everyone already knew, that qualification for the Champions League cannot get away.”

Milan stuck with their stars and reinforced when they failed to reach the top four last season, but that was tempered by winning the Club World Cup and European Super Cup.

There is to be no such silverware this term and the pressure is on, but rather than pinpoint Ancelotti’s tactical short-comings, Galliani looks to the medical staff.

“We have been decimated by injuries and I think it’s obvious that is the problem. The team we drew up in the summer included Alessandro Nesta, Kakha Kaladze, Gennaro Gattuso, Kaka and Marco Borriello.

“With the complete squad we remain one of the top sides in Europe. The truth is when we play with Gattuso and Kaka, naturally, we do not lose.

“Without the Brazilian we have lost five Serie A games and gone out of the UEFA Cup.”

Kaka is still struggling with a sprained foot and is out of this afternoon’s match with Sampdoria, as are Ronaldinho and Massimo Ambrosini.

Some say this will be Ancelotti’s final year in charge of Milan and set the stage for a huge revolution at the club.

“With Ancelotti we have achieved extraordinary things. The current fitness staff are the same ones who took us to the top of the world.

“You cannot judge an entire club, Coach and professionals based only on their most recent result. The club is not for sale and Berlusconi continues to have great passion for this side.”

http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/mar1h.html
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I don't understand why he didn't do this way earlier...he have to control each point of club's life! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

[whoarethepatriot...]

You think Pirlo is past his best?

I guess Pato at 19 is hitting his peak years then, and Eto'o is surely on the decline too

[Fillipo Simone]

You think Pirlo is past his best?

I guess Pato at 19 is hitting his peak years then, and Eto'o is surely on the decline too

No, I don't think he's past his best. I don't think Albertini did too - just that something very curious happened to him and he simply "stopped". Cannot explain it. I somehow fear a similar thing is happening with Andy.

[I_Rossoneri]

No, I don't think he's past his best. I don't think Albertini did too - just that something very curious happened to him and he simply "stopped". Cannot explain it. I somehow fear a similar thing is happening with Andy.

IMO the only trouble with Pirlo is his position. While playing for Lippi Pirlo was outstanding, but the tactical mastermind that is carlo plays him too deep and defensive. Pirlo is a creator not a defender.

[Zed.D]

IMO the only trouble with Pirlo is his position. While playing for Lippi Pirlo was outstanding, but the tactical mastermind that is carlo plays him too deep and defensive. Pirlo is a creator not a defender.

I didn't watch the Cagliari game but I watched the 8 minute highlights and I thought Pirlo looked great and fast playing as an AM, the same role he played in the World Cup.

I think he's better off playing forward. a new deep-lying playmaker should be brought in and Pirlo should replace Seedorf in the formation. I really do!