Milan CEO Ivan Gazidis claims Elliott Management saved the club from bankruptcy and that Paolo Maldini is ‘central’ to his vision for the Rossoneri.
Leonardo and Gennaro Gattuso vacated their roles as sporting director and Coach of Milan on Tuesday, and Gazidis began by paying tribute to the pair.
“Elliott saved the club by injecting them with €220m of capital so they could meet their obligations at the end of July, otherwise they would’ve gone bankrupt with the risk of relegation,” he told Gazzetta dello Sport.
“Soon after we took on Leonardo, who I will always thank for the great work he did in those weeks to revive the club.
“Leo has decided to leave and take on new challenges. There was no conflict, only maximum recognition for him and his great effort.
“I have no words to describe him. He’s an extraordinary man, who took full responsibility for how the season went, maybe too much.
“He did some analysis and made a decision of great honesty: he couldn’t bear the burden any longer, but Rino will remain a friend of the club forever. I didn’t know him before, but I have enormous respect for him.”
Finally, 54-year-old was asked about the type of Coach he wanted to succeed Gattuso.
“They’ll be chosen with care: their age or nationality doesn’t matter. What matters is that they’re suited to what we want to do and build.
“The choice of Coach, I hope with Maldini’s help, will be made calmly, studying every detail: history, character, profile, results, statistics. We don’t want to do anything wrong.”
Fatokid
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Is very easy to understand what he meant, to know someone's name doesn't mean you know him/her as a person.
Ok now I get it
fafamilanello
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Gazidis is a lair... there’s no football lover who knows ac Milan and you won’t know gattuso He was the third famous player in Milan after dinho and ibrahimovic back then when he was at arsenal.. And they played against Milan a few times ....
Is very easy to understand what he meant, to know someone's name doesn't mean you know him/her as a person.
zuaabdino
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Bro Gadizi is talking about how Elliot saved the Team bankcrupcy We should thank them ather's we will be like Parma 2 years ago
bauadps
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i think when he say that age or nationality doesn't matter he was talking about Wenger
Fatokid
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Gazidis is a lair... there’s no football lover who knows ac Milan and you won’t know gattuso He was the third famous player in Milan after dinho and ibrahimovic back then when he was at arsenal.. And they played against Milan a few times ....
Nablnprz
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Bring Mourinho! Give him reinforcements like Depay, Rakitic and Umtiti. He will bring Glory for sure.