AC Milan legend Paolo Maldini has taken aim at club owner Gerry Cardinale over his sacking.
Maldini was dumped by the American at the end of last season.
He recalled to La Repubblica: "Gerry Cardinale called me for breakfast and after a comment about Zlatan's farewell to football he told me that he wanted to change and that Ricky Massara and I were fired.
"I asked him why and he told me about bad relations with (CEO Giorgio) Furlani. So I said to him: have I ever called you to complain about Furlani? Never."
Maldini also said: "There was also a joke from him about the Champions League semi-final lost to Inter, but let's say that the motivations (to dismiss) seemed a little weak to me.
"The so-called assumptions, the sporting and economic objectives at the beginning of the season, had been sensationally exceeded."