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Paolo Maldini on Stefano Pioli extension: "Stefano is the right man to lead the team that we want: successful, young and hungry.” football-italia.net/156176/officia… #ACMilan #SerieA #Calcio #Rangnick
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📰Alfredo Pedulla: Maldini and Ibrahimovic could stay now that Pioli will remain for next season.
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AC Milan CEO Ivan Gazidis has revealed his delight at tying head coach Stefano Pioli down until 2022 with a new two-year deal.
After months of speculation regarding the imminent arrival of Ralf Rangnick as the club’s new head coach and technical director, Tuesday night’s events ripped up the script entirely.
As Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s brace was firing Milan into a 2-1 half-time lead against Sassuolo, news broke from Germany claiming Rangnick’s move to Milan had collapsed, with Pioli instead set to remain and sign a new contract.
The news was confirmed on the club’s official website after the 2-1 win at the Mapei Stadium, and Ivan Gazidis reflected upon the decision to stick with Pioli.
“I am delighted with this agreement. Stefano has shown he can deliver the vision of football we have for our club – exciting, progressive and passionate,” he said.
“This is not a decision based on recent victories, but one based on how Stefano has built team spirit and unity of purpose, the way he has improved the performances of the individual players and the collective team, the way he has embraced our vision and the way he has represented himself and the club’s values.”
MilanNews are reporting how the good results since the resumption of Serie A caused reflections, so much so that in Rangnick – in the most recent contacts – was offered a position only as the technical director, with Pioli to stay on, and he rejected.
After months of speculation regarding the imminent arrival of Ralf Rangnick as the club’s new head coach and technical director, Tuesday night’s events ripped up the script entirely.
As Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s brace was firing Milan into a 2-1 half-time lead against Sassuolo, news broke from Germany claiming Rangnick’s move to Milan had collapsed, with Pioli instead set to remain and sign a new contract.
The news was confirmed on the club’s official website after the 2-1 win at the Mapei Stadium, and Ivan Gazidis reflected upon the decision to stick with Pioli.
“I am delighted with this agreement. Stefano has shown he can deliver the vision of football we have for our club – exciting, progressive and passionate,” he said.
“This is not a decision based on recent victories, but one based on how Stefano has built team spirit and unity of purpose, the way he has improved the performances of the individual players and the collective team, the way he has embraced our vision and the way he has represented himself and the club’s values.”
MilanNews are reporting how the good results since the resumption of Serie A caused reflections, so much so that in Rangnick – in the most recent contacts – was offered a position only as the technical director, with Pioli to stay on, and he rejected.
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Stefano Pioli signs new contract with AC Milan
Posted on July 21, 2020 by Rossonero
AC Milan have announced the contract renewal of Stefano Pioli until 2022. The Italian coach will have the chance to continue his work at San Siro.
AC Milan win 2-1 against Sassuolo thanks to a brace scored from Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the agent of Ralf Rangnick confirms that he will not join Milan and immediately the club announces the renewal of Stefano Pioli. Everything in a matter of minutes.
AC Milan announces that it has reached an agreement with Stefano Pioli for the extension of his two-year contract as head coach of the Rossoneri team, which therefore will expire at the end of June 2022.
Stefano Pioli joined AC Milan in October 2019 with an agreement until the end of the season plus an option for one more year. He brilliantly managed both the blockage caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and the resumption of the current season, with a concrete and positive approach, helping the whole team grow.
“I am very happy for this agreement“, said the club CEO Ivan Gazidis – “Stefano has shown to be able to offer that vision of football that we think and want for our Club, an exciting, modern and passionate football. This is not a decision based on recent victories, but on the way Stefano has built team spirit and unity of purpose, the way he has improved the performance of individual players and the collective, the way he has made his our vision, and how he transfers his personality and the values of our Club“.
Stefano Pioli said: “I am happy and proud of the trust I have received from Milan. I want to thank everyone, including our fans, who we miss very much at the stadium, but with whom we are always close and supportive. As I have said many times, our future is today. We must stay focused and determined, be united, be a real team. We are at the beginning of an extraordinary journey. If we continue to work in this way, we will grow further and be more and more competitive“.
Posted on July 21, 2020 by Rossonero
AC Milan have announced the contract renewal of Stefano Pioli until 2022. The Italian coach will have the chance to continue his work at San Siro.
AC Milan win 2-1 against Sassuolo thanks to a brace scored from Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the agent of Ralf Rangnick confirms that he will not join Milan and immediately the club announces the renewal of Stefano Pioli. Everything in a matter of minutes.
AC Milan announces that it has reached an agreement with Stefano Pioli for the extension of his two-year contract as head coach of the Rossoneri team, which therefore will expire at the end of June 2022.
Stefano Pioli joined AC Milan in October 2019 with an agreement until the end of the season plus an option for one more year. He brilliantly managed both the blockage caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and the resumption of the current season, with a concrete and positive approach, helping the whole team grow.
“I am very happy for this agreement“, said the club CEO Ivan Gazidis – “Stefano has shown to be able to offer that vision of football that we think and want for our Club, an exciting, modern and passionate football. This is not a decision based on recent victories, but on the way Stefano has built team spirit and unity of purpose, the way he has improved the performance of individual players and the collective, the way he has made his our vision, and how he transfers his personality and the values of our Club“.
Stefano Pioli said: “I am happy and proud of the trust I have received from Milan. I want to thank everyone, including our fans, who we miss very much at the stadium, but with whom we are always close and supportive. As I have said many times, our future is today. We must stay focused and determined, be united, be a real team. We are at the beginning of an extraordinary journey. If we continue to work in this way, we will grow further and be more and more competitive“.
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Stefano Pioli reveals he was told on Monday that Milan would extend his contract and thanks Ivan Gazidis for ‘being very fair with me’ throughout the Ralf Rangnick negotiations.
It was assumed that Rangnick would take over next season as both coach and director of sport at San Siro, but in a sudden twist this evening, it was announced the Red Bull head of scouting would not be taking on any role and instead Pioli’s contract was extended to June 2022.
“I am very happy. I’d known for a couple of days and getting the chance to lead such a prestigious club from the start, a team that I know has quality and can grow…” Pioli told Sky Sport Italia.
“I am obviously very happy. Our future is now and we must focus on the next three games, as there is much to do, we still have much to give, then we can think of the future from August 3.
“The club has proved itself very fair with me, as in the individual meeting I had, I was told there was no definitive decision yet and a choice would be made based on evaluations near the end of the season.
“I didn’t say I was focused on the present just to say that, I meant it. If we hadn’t got back on the field after the restart, it would’ve been a season of great regret, because even before that we showed signs of what we could do.
“Since the lockdown, we’d be third in the table and are on the same track as Atalanta.”
Much was said about CEO Gazidis seemingly being the one pushing for Rangnick, while Paolo Maldini and Frederic Massara were in favour of Pioli.
“I have always spoken to Gazidis, above all Gazidis had a meeting with me the week before the Genoa game, when rumours started to emerge. He guaranteed both to me and to the team in a public meeting that no definitive decisions had been made. There were 12 rounds to go then.
“I had a closer rapport with Maldini and Massara, who are at Milanello every day, but Gazidis has been much more present than in the past, he always expressed his admiration for my work.
“I got the call on Monday that their intention was to confirm me for the next few seasons.”
This development was totally unexpected for the media and evidently the players, because Zlatan Ibrahimovic was told about it by Sky Sport Italia reporters after tonight’s 2-1 win at Sassuolo.
“I did hope it would happen. I hoped. I am happy with the team, the fans, the club. Our work is just at the beginning, this is one of the most prestigious clubs in the world, there is hunger from the team and from me to show what we can do.
“People talk about the future, but there are still three games to go here! We are laying some very strong foundations, there are young players who have already shown their quality and can only get stronger.
“I always felt good here, I never had difficulty or felt negativity towards me. I’ve never coached a big club from the start of the season. I’ve never ‘won’ as it were, but I consider saving a club from relegation to be winning too.
“It was only right that there were some question marks around me, but we are coaches, we are all evaluated based on our results. I above all loved working with the squad, because a coach can tell when players believe in what we’re doing.
“We are going into a very difficult and fascinating match, we’re missing a lot of players, so we’ll do our best on Friday.”
Pioli was asked what he most deserved credit for during this whole complicated campaign?
“I believed in our work, I believed in the quality of this team and its ability to achieve important results. I believed that I could get them to believe in themselves. It was a long process, not an easy one, especially when you don’t start the season together. I think belief was our greatest strength.”
Sky Sport Italia reporter Gianluca Di Marzio points out Pioli received other offers, but even when Rangnick was considered a certainty, he rejected them all to wait for Milan.
“I wanted this. I wanted and hoped for it. I am very, very happy.”
It was assumed that Rangnick would take over next season as both coach and director of sport at San Siro, but in a sudden twist this evening, it was announced the Red Bull head of scouting would not be taking on any role and instead Pioli’s contract was extended to June 2022.
“I am very happy. I’d known for a couple of days and getting the chance to lead such a prestigious club from the start, a team that I know has quality and can grow…” Pioli told Sky Sport Italia.
“I am obviously very happy. Our future is now and we must focus on the next three games, as there is much to do, we still have much to give, then we can think of the future from August 3.
“The club has proved itself very fair with me, as in the individual meeting I had, I was told there was no definitive decision yet and a choice would be made based on evaluations near the end of the season.
“I didn’t say I was focused on the present just to say that, I meant it. If we hadn’t got back on the field after the restart, it would’ve been a season of great regret, because even before that we showed signs of what we could do.
“Since the lockdown, we’d be third in the table and are on the same track as Atalanta.”
Much was said about CEO Gazidis seemingly being the one pushing for Rangnick, while Paolo Maldini and Frederic Massara were in favour of Pioli.
“I have always spoken to Gazidis, above all Gazidis had a meeting with me the week before the Genoa game, when rumours started to emerge. He guaranteed both to me and to the team in a public meeting that no definitive decisions had been made. There were 12 rounds to go then.
“I had a closer rapport with Maldini and Massara, who are at Milanello every day, but Gazidis has been much more present than in the past, he always expressed his admiration for my work.
“I got the call on Monday that their intention was to confirm me for the next few seasons.”
This development was totally unexpected for the media and evidently the players, because Zlatan Ibrahimovic was told about it by Sky Sport Italia reporters after tonight’s 2-1 win at Sassuolo.
“I did hope it would happen. I hoped. I am happy with the team, the fans, the club. Our work is just at the beginning, this is one of the most prestigious clubs in the world, there is hunger from the team and from me to show what we can do.
“People talk about the future, but there are still three games to go here! We are laying some very strong foundations, there are young players who have already shown their quality and can only get stronger.
“I always felt good here, I never had difficulty or felt negativity towards me. I’ve never coached a big club from the start of the season. I’ve never ‘won’ as it were, but I consider saving a club from relegation to be winning too.
“It was only right that there were some question marks around me, but we are coaches, we are all evaluated based on our results. I above all loved working with the squad, because a coach can tell when players believe in what we’re doing.
“We are going into a very difficult and fascinating match, we’re missing a lot of players, so we’ll do our best on Friday.”
Pioli was asked what he most deserved credit for during this whole complicated campaign?
“I believed in our work, I believed in the quality of this team and its ability to achieve important results. I believed that I could get them to believe in themselves. It was a long process, not an easy one, especially when you don’t start the season together. I think belief was our greatest strength.”
Sky Sport Italia reporter Gianluca Di Marzio points out Pioli received other offers, but even when Rangnick was considered a certainty, he rejected them all to wait for Milan.
“I wanted this. I wanted and hoped for it. I am very, very happy.”
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📰Vito Angele: There will not be a compensation to be paid to Ralf Rangnick. Now, the transfer market plans have changed. Pioli considers Ibrahimovic fundamental to aim for the Champions League for next season.
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An update has arrived on the two players who limped off the field during Tuesday night’s 2-1 win over Sassuolo in defensive duo Alessio Romagnoli and Andrea Conti.
After Andrea Conti had gone off in the first half with a knee problem, the captain was forced to miss his first minutes in the league of the entire season so far as he also limped off, replaced by Matteo Gabbia.
Head coach Stefano Pioli seemed to confirm in his post-match comments that Romagnoli will now miss the rest of the season, while there were obviously fears that Conti had sustained another serious problem is his troublesome knees.
According to MilanNews, Romagnoli underwent an MRI scan on Wednesday morning which showed a destructive lesion of the medial gastrocnemius muscle of the right calf.
Conti also underwent some medical checks this morning that have not highlighted meniscal and/or ligament injuries. For the former Atalanta man it is only a distortion trauma, meaning the chances of him playing against his former side on Friday have increased.
After Andrea Conti had gone off in the first half with a knee problem, the captain was forced to miss his first minutes in the league of the entire season so far as he also limped off, replaced by Matteo Gabbia.
Head coach Stefano Pioli seemed to confirm in his post-match comments that Romagnoli will now miss the rest of the season, while there were obviously fears that Conti had sustained another serious problem is his troublesome knees.
According to MilanNews, Romagnoli underwent an MRI scan on Wednesday morning which showed a destructive lesion of the medial gastrocnemius muscle of the right calf.
Conti also underwent some medical checks this morning that have not highlighted meniscal and/or ligament injuries. For the former Atalanta man it is only a distortion trauma, meaning the chances of him playing against his former side on Friday have increased.
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Breaking news La Repubblica😀ida will become Milan Primavera’s goalkeepers coach
Repubblica - Milan, Dida sarà il preparatore dei portieri della Primavera
Repubblica - Milan, Dida sarà il preparatore dei portieri della Primavera
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Gazidis to ANSA: “There are no economic or penal commitments for Milan with Rangnic. No agreement was signed with any other candidates. Pioli is my first choice as coach. I had contacts with other possible candidates in the past.”
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Prior to Calhanoglu, the last player to deliver an assists in 3 consecutive Serie A games for Milan was Robinho in 2012.😅
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Hakan Calhanoglu since the resumption of Serie A...
☑️ 9 games
⚽️ 4 goals
🤝 7 assists
👀 24 chances created
🥅 4 big chances created
🎯 87% pass completion
🔥🔴⚫️ https://t.co/mQlO7udzjN
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📰El Chiringuito TV: James Rodríguez has received offers from AC Milan, Inter, Benfica, and Manchester United.
Real Madrid would let him go for 15M€. https://t.co/ZNJrNr4utr
Real Madrid would let him go for 15M€. https://t.co/ZNJrNr4utr
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📰 Tuttosport: Napoli forced to look for Osimhen alternatives - Rafael Leao among the names
Tuttosport: Napoli forced to look for Osimhen alternatives - Rafael Leao among the names #SempreMilan
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Tuttosport: Napoli forced to look for Osimhen alternatives - Rafael Leao among the names #SempreMilan
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📰CorSera: Funny incident happened yesterday at Milanello: Gazidis was speaking and heard an engine of a Ferrari. He asked whose was it, and one replied, "Ibrahimovic's, who else?". Then, everyone laughed and Scaroni said:"This is the Milan that we want, winning and making us happy." https://t.co/lebYcL5Vz3
Gazidis to Corriere della Sera: “Maldini still has two years in his contract and I expect him to stay. We speak everyday, his contribution is very important.”
Gazidis: “I can’t say if Ibra now has a bigger chance of staying. He gave us a big hand since joining. He put passion, instinct and talent. He helped the young players. He is a phenomenal player, we will decide together.”
Gazidis: “Donnarumma is a leader, a symbol, it’s incredible that he is only 21. I hope that our paths continue to cross together.”
Gazidis: “We chose Pioli because he is the right person to coach the Milan we have in mind. Therefore it’s not only due to the recent results or because there is little time remaining between now and the next season.”
Gazidis: “It’s for how he makes the team play. In a nice, vertical and modern way. It’s also due to his professionalism.”
Gazidis: “He [Pioli] never put himself in front of the team and the project. That’s how a real manager do and that’s why we chose him. In addition to being a great coach, Stefano Pioli is a great man.”
🎙️Gazidis to Gazzetta:"Many say that Milan saw too many changes in the past years. I agree. Patience is my quality. Pioli managed to convey our vision. I have seen progress in Milan, it will take time. The fans aren't stupid, they do recognise good football." https://t.co/aJm3PQLh9O
Gazidis to Corriere della Sera: “Maldini still has two years in his contract and I expect him to stay. We speak everyday, his contribution is very important.”
Gazidis: “I can’t say if Ibra now has a bigger chance of staying. He gave us a big hand since joining. He put passion, instinct and talent. He helped the young players. He is a phenomenal player, we will decide together.”
Gazidis: “Donnarumma is a leader, a symbol, it’s incredible that he is only 21. I hope that our paths continue to cross together.”
Gazidis: “We chose Pioli because he is the right person to coach the Milan we have in mind. Therefore it’s not only due to the recent results or because there is little time remaining between now and the next season.”
Gazidis: “It’s for how he makes the team play. In a nice, vertical and modern way. It’s also due to his professionalism.”
Gazidis: “He [Pioli] never put himself in front of the team and the project. That’s how a real manager do and that’s why we chose him. In addition to being a great coach, Stefano Pioli is a great man.”
🎙️Gazidis to Gazzetta:"Many say that Milan saw too many changes in the past years. I agree. Patience is my quality. Pioli managed to convey our vision. I have seen progress in Milan, it will take time. The fans aren't stupid, they do recognise good football." https://t.co/aJm3PQLh9O
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Gazidis: “He [Pioli] never put himself in front of the team and the project. That’s how a real manager do and that’s why we chose him. In addition to being a great coach, Stefano Pioli is a great man.”