Frustrated Milan Bosses Chasing Down Lippi - Report The 2-2 home draw against Bayern Munich has reportedly convinced the Milan bosses that looking beyond Carlo Ancelotti is the only way to make a return to top form, and World Cup winner Marcelo Lippi is now firmly on their radar.


Frustrated Milan Bosses Chasing Down Lippi - Report
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Milan have made very heavy weather of securing fourth place in Serie A - securing an almost imperative Champions League spot for next season - and the San Siro disappointment against Bayern has helped the Rossoneri boardroom make up their minds once and for all, report Il Giornale.

Marcelo Lippi, Frank Rijkaard and Macro van Basten are the three candidates being considered, but the World Cup winning coach is the favourite, as much due to his superior experience, more so in Seire A, as the fact that he is a free agent.

The club's senior players - Italian internationals such as Andrea Pirlo, Rino Gattuso and Alessandro Nesta, who have all worked very closely with him - are also said to be backing his appointment.

Lippi himself is said to be open to the idea now, according to a source close to former Juventus coach.

Moreover, the report suggests that he agrees in principle with Milan's transfer philosophy for the summer, and is ready to keep most of the current members of the technical setup.

It is being understood that nothing short of winning the Champions League trophy this season will save Carlo Ancelotti his job.


SOURCE: GOAL.Com : http://www.goal.com/en/articolo.aspx?contenutoid=273600

no thanks. We don't need a fluke coach coming to coach milan. You did enough at inter already.

Please... I'd prefer Carletto to stay the next 5 years than signing Lippi this Summer.

Though Carlo is fine and I admire his coaching, I wouldn't say no to Lippi.

If this is true and he does take over, I think the team will have a breath of fresh air

Man. I think you're trying REALLY hard to burn Portugal up!

Lippi? No. Never. I'd rather have Rijkaard! And you know what I think about Franky...

i think there's a good chance that Lippi will be the next USA coach.

That settles it. I mean SportsCenter gets their news after Frodo does right?
( If Frodo pisses Warchant off half as much as Porty did to well...Porty my work here is done!!)

But I just don't get this though...for Carlo to leave I was sure it would have to be to the Azzuri post coz Donadoni flopped. And I'd expect Lippi to step in.

But I really don't have a huge opinion about Lippi. Sure he's got the stats, but if there's a new coach coming in, I want a revolution, a bloody hurricane not a 'breath of fresh air' as my bestest friend mentioned.

I guess one alternative would be a swap between Prandelli and Carletto.

But this is of course IF they fire Carletto.

No thankyou.

Mourinho, Spaletti or Prandelli please

Well...I never!! You're certainly not welcome!!!



You really think Spalleti will quit Roma. He wants to do something big with them, and I think he's got everyone's support. I can't see him pulling a Capello on them.

And Mourinho here?? With Silvio? Play with matches in a swimming pool filled with gasoline...why don't you???!!!! I mean if this guy can pick a fight with Abramovitch...let's not even go there... I'm not questioning his abilities as coach though. Just would a very un-bella calcio. Sure results are everything, but after a point you get tired of it.

With Prandelli...at least you'd have your money's worth from Gila. Though Rijkaard would probably make more out of a R10-Kaka combo than Prandelli. But Franky would ruin our defence.
Tough decisions...


AND WHY THE F@CK AM I TALKING LIKE CARLETTO IS LEAVING???!!! AND WHY HAVEN'T I MENTIONED MVB......AND WHY AM I SHOUTING???!!!

Ok...goodnight people...I think it's the heat.

Prandelli for me a class coach tactically astute and a good man manager

Except...the last Viola coach we had...wasn't too good.

and??

nothing....tradition is against us I guess. And I had to find something wrong with Prandelli. Can't let u have everything ur way.

why not i deserve it

Although I believe Carletto is a great coach, his time here is over. Players are too used to him and that's always scary for a team like Milan who always needs to play their best because more often than not, we are playing the best.

Who should replace him? Spalletti. He is a coach with a sharp eye and a desire for playing attacking football.

Delio Rossi has also caught my attention. He has done well in recent years and he seems like to know how to get the best out of each and every player. That's one of the things we need badly, cause sometimes it seems like Gattuso is the only player that's giving 100%.

Prandelli is not a bad coach, but I think he ows most of his success to having a rather powerfull squad of players than being some sort of a mastermind or anything like that.

Donadoni has NOT flopped. Italy's group is the only one where so many teams are getting the points and if it wasn't for the draw in Italy against ?? they would have been fine. A loss in France is not so unexpected, is it?

Even though I don't give Lippi much credit for the WC (or for being a great manager in general) I can't deny the fact that it was HIS team that won it and by that I mean that he was a part of it, an important, neuralgic one and when one such part is replaced it takes time for the unit to word fine again.


No but they might "quit him". He was the 6th coach in a single season when he took over two years ago and if United get past them in the CL and Lazio and/or Milan manage to overtake them in the league I won't be surprised if he's shown the door even after what he has done. This is Italy after all. You won't find no Fergusons here.

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I think Carlo's problems is the lack of respect he gets from his players. And it's only normal when the team's president publicly criticizes him... when the players feel that their coach is not so powerful and he is forced into making decisions by his superiors it's a normal outcome what happens. I don't care even if Seedorf is Carlo's secret affair... that response of him in a match of the first round of this season's Serie A should not be one of a Milan player. To do this it means he's been given the space to do so which is not right. And since it happened, there was not even the slightest of penalties for Seedorf... Which means more space is given. Next time he could slap Carlo in the face and I would like to see Carlo shut up and accept it since he's the one that's giving him the space.

This is not just me... Remember Billy said that Ancelotti's presence in the locker room is not so "heavy" anymore. And that was two years ago, summer of '95... Costacurta knows more than we do, don't he?

I didn't mean to say he flopped. I mean to say if. That was the only place left for Carlo to go.

It depends on circumstances (On what Billy said..). Surely, with all the injuries, lack of form, tiredness, old, and inconsistent players that we have this season ... Carlo pushed his team to 4 points from 4th place with a game in hand His tactics are showing and it is hard for a team that has been through a lot by always aiming high to keep focus and keep that aim

One answer to you would be RMadrid (aside from their ranking); Only the #1 football club in the world and has played worse than Napoli, a Serie B team this season

But, even so .. Milan is still a very strong team. And Carlo needs to get the best out of the team. Cuz we all know deep down inside, that this team can beat anyone !!! Even Chelsea at their best, if Milan is in the right mindset, we'll control the game and push them aside !

Still, I believe Carlo failed this season when he didn't close the game at the San Siro, if he doesn't win it at Munich. I doubt he will be here next year.

I know it is so for players....but do coaches also go out of form?

I only spoke about his ability to influence the players. Billy said so and though I don't blindly listen to what he says, I do believe there is some subtrata underneath it.

How can they ??

Carlo has been chasing the Scudetto and CL title ever since he came to Milan and this is his first season, in which he has skipped a beat. Don't get over excited about his results now, cuz he took the team to Istanbul and brought the team back to life after the team was broken from Istanbul. That has to tell u how strongly willed Carlo is. But I doubt he'll last the storm this time around. Silvio will make some changes and the coach won't be his biggest worry, which is why my argument is just pointless, when it is to this extent

Prandelli knows how to bring the best out of his players. With the talent we have on the team he could be the worst tactician out there (which he isn't) and still win us something.

I would bet everything I have that if we sold Gila to Fiorentina while Prandelli was still there then I'm pretty sure that he would be banging 24 goals per season once again.



Not really, Real want him, that is if they don't get Schuster, Rijkaard I think is on his way out of Barca, Mourinho might also be leaving Chelsea. I think this summer we'll see a lot of movement in the coaches department

I think it might be one more season until the managers start moving. I definitely think, given this years shambles, it's time for Carlo, frankly, to resign, let alone having to be pushed.

Lippi. His team selection at the WC baffled and, at times, frustrated me. However, he is a Serie A man, something we need to start competing in again, he has 3 CL league finals to his name, and one win, same as Capello. Normally I would advocate Capello for the post of Milan manager but perhaps his failed stint at Real has dented my confidence in him, though they are a sinking ship regardless I feel.

I think Prandelli and Spaletti are great coaches and are the future of Italian football management much like Capello and Lippi once were. I agree that prizing Spaletti away will be hard to say the least. Perhaps Prandelli isn't quite ready for Milan yet, but then, neither one might say was Sacchi etc, in terms of experience at top clubs. He is no Sacchi though.

For me, Lippi, would be satisfactory, or, my new favourite, Benitez. However, given the new gold-laden owners of Anfield, and all the extra booty he has to splash now, I doubt he'll be eager to jump a ship that is evidently on the rise and rise.

Mourinho might fancy us or Real, but I know I don't fancy him and his arrogant, abrasive nature.

Hiddink anyone?

i prefer van Basten

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It will be a glorious day when carlo gets his fat *** kicked out of Milanello

We need a manager who can instill a winning mentality into the players, as under carlo they play without heart or courage. Under Lippi Pirlo and Gattuso were two of the best midfielders at the WC, in fact Pirlo ran more under Lippi in that month than he has for carlo in five years!
I would be relatively happy with any one of Lippi, Frank or Mourhino and an outside bet of Spalletti. They are the ones IMO who are capable of taking us back to winning ways.

I hope that lippi comes to Milan and show carlo how to win

^^^ i cant believe you like lippi over Carlo. Id rather stab myself than have lippi with his stupid set - pieces. stay away from Milan!

Yesterday Carletto showed his critics why he, and not anyone else is our coach. 4 european semis in 5 years.....I think that's not too bad .

Not too bad is an under statement. That beats anyones record in Europe

I think Fergie has a better record then that one during the late 90s. Not entirely sure though

I read on acmilan.com that we are the first club to do this. But I don't know all the facts so I could be wrong.

No ,Carlo has a better record plus he isn't coaching the team 20 years like SAF.

Ok thanks, I thought that United had something like 6 in the late 90's. My mistake