Milan boss Gennaro Gattuso has explained how players have changed. “If you tell them something, they start complaining and looking for excuses.”
Gattuso was a Milan player during one of the most successful periods of their history, winning a Scudetto and two Champions Leagues between 1999 and 2012.
“Milan’s saving grace was always respect for the rules,” he told ANSA.
“Galliani and Berlusconi needed to intervene a few times. There was a great mentality, a great history. And that history was respected. Now it’s more difficult.
“The mentality of players has changed. When I left, I knew something had changed. I struggled to speak the language I’d heard for so many years.
“When I shaved on my first day at Milanello, I left two hairs in the sink... I took two slaps to the head from Costacurta and immediately understood the mentality.”
The 41-year-old has spent the past season-and-a-half in charge at San Siro, so how has he found coaching the Rossoneri today?
“Now there’s a different mentality and slowly you can work to find the one you had before, but let’s not forget that things have changed.
“A Coach must find a group of lads willing to make sacrifices, improve and do more. Today you have to be careful when saying something to them.
“if you tell them something, they start complaining and looking for excuses: things have changed.”
sleepy_owl
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its true ... that time,,, players value the team and their jerseys ... but now,,, no passion and love for the club... they only value money ...
bauadps
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what Milan need right now is to be patience because we as fans expect from our team to be great again in one night and that need time and from the way of things is giong to take season or two to get back on track because Milan was in sleep for more than 6 years so to be champion again we need to start work on our players first and teach them the value of this jersey and the history of this club i wish is Gattuso still our youth team coach because he the only man can do that but as first team coach we need someone else to do that someone with experience like Conte.
vipulyadav
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true , the club is suffering . they have become worst from best in serieA champs . they surely need reinforcements . all players are good but not world class . they need a leader , a great captain , a great management . gattuso should change his tactics and buy some more players like piatek and paqueta by selling players who are not worthy for your club . THIS WOULD HELP THIS TEAM TO BECOME A CHAMPION . I KNOW IT'S NOT EAST BUT IT ISNT IMPOSSIBLE TOO .