I call total BS.

it is everywhere in the Italian media so it could e true..

We'll see.

It might just end with a very strict demarcation of duties. Perhaps Galliani looks only at commercials from now on.

Or it could be true and he walks out. Then we might be in trouble. We are struggling to adopt a model where we don't need Silvio's cash. Now suddenly there's a new model where we no longer have Galliani and his connections. I don't think this will end well.

I think of Juve after Moggi and the Alessio Secco disaster.

Err, it's official.

Where? I see it in the media, yes, but the club hasn't endorsed it one way or the other far as I can see.

He referred to Ansa to make official his intentions.

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Ahhhhh, so by 'official' you mean he himself did indeed say this. I know that.

Thought it was club official

Not the first time he's told a bare-faced lie. If he was resigning, why wait till CL is over? Why not go straight away? It's more destabilising to threaten to leave than to actually do it.

I'm dubious.

Full statement

I'm leaving, with or without severance package. I'm offended, this is not how you operate when you want to change things, it's done with elegance. I'm resigning in the next few days, maybe I'll wait for the game against Ajax.

I will let some time pass before I decide what I'm going to do in the future. For now I won't accept anything from anyone. When you're offended, you must have the intelligence to let some time slide: you must be bright in taking decisions.

Leaving before the game against Ajax would be disrespectful to the team I have been supporting all my life. It's been said that Milan miss-spends and doesn't have scouts like Roma and Fiorentina, but Roma in the last five years has only been once in the Champions League, and Fiorentina never. In the last two years we managed to balance the books, other clubs have mountains of debt. Last year all our youth teams made it to the Final Four.

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He didn't want to involve the club in this. That's why he talked to Ansa instead. The guy is seriously butthurt.

he seems quite angry.. so I guess there will be lot of inside stories in coming weeks..

He will resign after the Ajax game, that is a certainity.

I think that would apply better to Silvio, honestly.

Too true, but Galliani has put his faith in the wrong people, honestly. Riola and Allegri has been his lethal undoing, the latter in particular. This nothing coach should never have been signed in the first place. At this point in time, this transition phase, we needed someone experience to take over from Leo, someone proven.

I'll be sad if he Galliani leaves, but I'll be even more angry if he stays. Silvio isn't a saint either, I agree.

Agree, Galliani shot himself in the foot twice over this summer when he let Allegri stay after that disaster of a season and by also appeasing said coach and buying him an over-priced Matri from a direct rival

From the so called Milan family to this. good job Silvio and daughter...

I wouldn't paint Galliani as being completely innocent in this though. especially not before I know his next destination

And let's not forget that this opens the door to Maldini's return. if there's one person in this world that could unite this team again, it's Paolo.

If there's one thing I'm going to miss about Galliani it's his explosive celebrations.

Oh, there is much to miss about the guy, a lifetime's worth. No two words about it. It's a pity he just want deluded and delusional, and just a simple matter of faith in the wrong guy turned him over and out. I guess that's karma for the Maldini treatment he handed out to the club legend.

Another pity is that the snake (and I mean proverbially here, no offense to Allegri) will walk away scratch less. I'd much rather have heard about Allegri's firing first and foremost and only then parted ways with Galliani. Fester is no saint, not many are, but Milan was, and will ever be, a bite too big for Allegri to chew. FACT.

I quite simply think Galliani outlived his usefulness. He's a throwback to the olden days, the days of Milan dominance and the way we used to operate.

I honestly feel Milan needs to move on, and I genuinely feel Babs is the right direction for us. She has the ambition others around her seem to lack, and no one has more influence over Silvio than his girl.

She's young, fresh, she wants Milan back the way we were, while Galliani just seems to be going nowhere while boasting about how much money we're saving.

Pity that's costing us everything.

+1

Far too much pity in this thread. Still, I must say that it's been a wild ride, Galliani, if you go.

Agreed.

Galliani put himself into this position. We need a breath of fresh air in this club, Barbara, Paolo and Albertini would all be great choices to lead us into a new era.

I wonder if anyone else will resign , interesting but also sad times.

I think sad time would have been staying as we were, which was heading downhill

good move for the future...but awful timing...all of this should of been taken care of during summer or waited until the december holiday

Yeah. It's as if everyone wanted Galliani's @ss out, and now that he's out people are saying how sad it is and all kinds of crap. Galliani ruined this club after 2006, plain and simple.

brida has been quoted to leave as well mainly...

also read on milannews that Silvio is pissed of that Gallaini should have come to him rather than making it so public as it bring bad name to Ac Milan... also that Maldini is most likely to replace gallaini.. Have used Google translator so it could be something totally different :-)

No what i mean by sad times is what Galliani brought to Milan since berlusconi brought him to Milan and hired him that is not going to be extinguished Han you cannot erase history. But that does not mean i support what hes done to Milan in recent times.

So indeed it is sad times that hes leaving but its the right time none the less.

Oh here we go over reactionary

To not be sentimental about Galliani leaving regardless if your in the pro or anti Galliani camp. Him leaving is just as sad as a long time player leaving its under shitty circumstances too this should have been handled with better care.

Oh okay, sort of understand where you're coming from but we've been driven to a point where it's become imperative that things change. And Galliani out is the biggest step in the right direction we can make.

Agreed fully.

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

Galliani hasn't quit yet either
Yet here we are.



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

It's been a long time coming. Galliani did a lot for the club in the past but really dropped the ball in the last 5-7 years and a change was much needed. Hope more steps will be taken to improve our situation.


Totally. He's exactly what we need right now.

Is he? I thought we needed a fresh approach, new players, a new coach, and ambition. Isn't bringing Maldini in as some kind of Godfather in a made-up position just sentiment for the sake of it?

Did I say that he'll solve all of our problems? There's no magic solution, it will be a process and I like said earlier, more changes are needed. It's just a first step, one of many that we need to take.

And It won't be a made-up position. He won't come unless he could make a difference.

No, but you stated he's exactly what we need. I'm not sure what makes you say that, going beyond sentiment and our obvious love for him as a player.



This club has been run incredibly poorly over the past decade. Increasingly so. Why on earth do you have sudden faith he's being appointed for his abilities as a 'Technical Director' as opposed to feeling it might just be a saccharin appointment to appease the masses.

And, sorry, but it IS a made up position. In the UK it's often called 'Director of Football' and quite honestly it's total nonsense. What is a TD meant to do? Deal with football? That's the manager's job. Bring in new players? That's the CEO's job. Manage finances? That's the Finance Director's responsibility. All a TD does is get in the way - it's an absolutely absurd position and not one you need at Milan. It quite possibly led to the end of Carlo at Milan too - it's like some kind of invigilator watching over the manager, interfering and just not helping.

If we don't want Allegri - sack him. Why the hell waste a wage bringing in a TD?

And if we're grooming Paolo for management, how the f*ck much worse can he do RIGHT now in the league than Allegri is?

Ok this was a bit of a rambling post at 2am.

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.

in Italy it's different than UK. Coach here is not a manager, he doesn't deal with transfers, he just asks for type of player from the board. In Milan so far Galliani was responsible for several roles at ones, even though Braida and Leonardo when he was here helped him with transfers but now I think it will be different. In Inter for example a sporting director, Branca, deals with transfer and I think Paolo's role will be similar. Roma is another example where Sabatini, a TD, is handling transfers and other football stuff while CEO deals with business things.

How can someone not be happy? It's Paolo Maldini.

http://www.football-italia.net/42306/berlu...l-galliani-fate

Cesare Maldini, a former Milan Coach and father of Paolo, told Al-Jazeera the negotiations were at a very advanced stage.

“I am sad for Adriano, but at the same time happy for Paolo’s return to Milan.”

It is a huge challenge, as when Galliani first took charge he had Silvio's unconditional funding and built stellar sides.

My worry is that Maldini would find a challenge too much to handle. Like if the negative results keep pilling, the fans 'would' turn on him. Maybe someone with experience on the job to handle the matters now, and ease in Paolo later down the line. But as things now, Paolo will be put into the deep end.


Regardless, I hope and wish he does a good job!

Same as UK. Manager tells the board who he wants and they make it happen.



What is the 'other football stuff' though without interfering with the manager? I can't think of a single duty a dedicated TD could have non-transfer related.

I love Paolo. I am just dubious if this is a good role for him.

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



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.

So, Silvio announced that Galliani is staying.

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My sentiments exactly...

wow these kind of acts will be further damaging Milan's Image...