[Zed.D]

Galliani heading for Milan exit
By Football Italia staff

Vice-President Adriano Galliani is on the verge of ending his love affair with Italian giants Milan, reports suggest.

Galliani, a loyal servant to President Silvio Berlusconi and the club’s CEO, is heading for the exit after the emergence of Barbara Berlusconi at San Siro.

Barbara, daughter of Silvio, will reportedly take control of the day-to-day running of the outfit from next summer after raising doubts about the club’s present direction.

However, a change could take place sooner given the breakdown in relationship between Barbara and Galliani.

“I’ve received a severe blow to my reputation and I won’t stay here to burn on a slow fire,” Galliani is quoted as saying by the Corriere della Sera.

The Gazzetta dello Sport and the Corriere dello Sport claim Galliani will wait eight days for the club to facilitate his exit – with a substantial pay-off – or he’ll simply resign.

Galliani, 69, first dealt with Berlusconi back in 1979 when he was involved in the television industry.

His entry into the world of football came as Vice-President of Monza from 1984. Two years later he joined Milan.

I call total BS.

This post has been edited by Zed.D: Nov 29 2013, 10:33 AM

[Danny]

No thread on Paolo as our new Technical Director?

What thoughts do you have? I know how Jack feels about it, but what about the rest of you? Han implies he's happy with that. Do you all share that?

[han2503]

No thread on Paolo as our new Technical Director?

What thoughts do you have? I know how Jack feels about it, but what about the rest of you? Han implies he's happy with that. Do you all share that?

I don't think we should be making threads about it before it happens

Personally I'd be very happy with it, he's a highly respected figure in football and will go a long way in repairing the damage caused by Galliani over the past few years

Personally, I don't think Paolo should just take up Galliani's entire portfolio of duties. It's just ridiculous that one man in a club handles everything from payroll, extensions, transfer activity, handing out silly awards, hiring and firing staff and everything else in between.

Braida will most likely be going out as well so that's 2 positions that need to be filled, I think Barbara should step in to a more prominent managerial role at the club rather than just a board member, I think she's a very business savvy woman, knows what she wants and how to go after it, Albertini and Paolo would also step in to take over for Braida and at least part of the responsibilities which fell under Galliani

[Danny]

I don't think we should be making threads about it before it happens

Galliani hasn't quit yet either (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
Yet here we are.

Personally I'd be very happy with it, he's a highly respected figure in football and will go a long way in repairing the damage caused by Galliani over the past few years

Personally, I don't think Paolo should just take up Galliani's entire portfolio of duties. It's just ridiculous that one man in a club handles everything from payroll, extensions, transfer activity, handing out silly awards, hiring and firing staff and everything else in between.

Braida will most likely be going out as well so that's 2 positions that need to be filled, I think Barbara should step in to a more prominent managerial role at the club rather than just a board member, I think she's a very business savvy woman, knows what she wants and how to go after it, Albertini and Paolo would also step in to take over for Braida and at least part of the responsibilities which fell under Galliani

Galliani is CEO and VP, Paolo will be TD. Completely different roles. And for me Babs will become the new CEO.

[Jack Bauer]

Galliani is CEO and VP, Paolo will be TD. Completely different roles. And for me Babs will become the new CEO.

How many CEO's like Galliani do you know? He was CEO, VP, TD and god knows what together. Barbara won't do all that IMO, she'll be dealing more with managerial stuff while Paolo will be more TD like Leonardo was at Inter and PSG, dealing with transfers and other football stuff.

[Danny]

How many CEO's like Galliani do you know?

Charles Green, former Rangers CEO, did as much as Galliani maybe more. It's why he got hounded out - others wanted his power.

He was CEO, VP, TD and god knows what together. Barbara won't do all that IMO, she'll be dealing more with managerial stuff while Paolo will be more TD like Leonardo was at Inter and PSG, dealing with transfers and other football stuff.

I think you underestimate what a CEO is and how powerful they are. That's the boss. Not the owner, but the boss. CEO has power to do what they like, and Galliani pretty much had that power.

I say that will be Barbara's new position.