AC Milan president Paolo Scaroni has defended the sacking of technical director Paolo Maldini.
Scaroni says the club no longer needs to skills of Maldini.
He said, "I have to say that today, and it doesn't sound ungrateful, we need him less: Milan having come out of Yonghong Li's management was struggling to attract talent, today's Milan, which won the Scudetto and reached the semifinals of the Champions League, I think be more attractive.
"All of us, and I in particular, have always had excellent relations with Paolo Maldini, who is a gentleman, a person attached to Milan and who did well for Milan. However, we follow a somewhat innovative model, at least for Italy, of club management, which leads us to consider all our activities as collegial: we work in teams.
"It is an organizational model that is very dear to our shareholder (Gerry Cardinale) who, let us remember, is a sports specialist who boasts success in his activities, so when he suggests something to us we pay great attention, because we think it brings innovations. In this organization, we had the impression that Paolo felt uncomfortable, and when he feels uncomfortable, it is better to separate."