On top of taking us out of the banter era and winning the scudetto, his presence at the club created a family atmosphere that’s just not there anymore.
The way ownership treated him is unforgivable. We lost that Milan aura when he left.
I am scared for the near future of this club. Whereas with Maldini, I trusted him and what he was building.
rioasu on
Agreed . I really feel sad on how much he worked to bring this team back (I even remember during the 19/20 season him getting abused and hated due to the way that season went ). The way he scouted those players from that scudetto winning season is something we lack especially with this brand of “money ball football” we are doing in the window. Ever since he left it feels like something has been lost on the way here.
Hecticbrah on
Some icons are irreplaceable
macmilliones7 on
I do not like the way Leao and Theo are moving and behaving, but I don’t think it’s Fonseca but the club as a whole. Maybe not only since Maldini and Redbird, but reading the way they pushed out Adli, Kalulu, Saele (at dying moments) and then how Benny was driven out as well might be sitting wrong with veterans like Leao and Theo. Apart from neccesary transfers and lacking preformance of above mentioned, I think it’s the way they treat players/staff nowdays. But just like companies when taken over, Milan got a sweep, the American way. Just like in our lives, this can demotivate a person, not all of us like changes. Piolo was at his end of his magic, but I think he had a good understanding with the lockerroom, especially the likes of Leao and Theo.
el_lolloco on
Can we just have someone who understands football? Is that too much to ask?
xxxdefaltxxx on
Moncada and Furlani tried to bite more than they can chew. They had no idea what Maldini was doing. It was a power struggle and since they were close to Cardinale he took out Maldini and Massara was a bonus. These two were what Zanetti is to Inter, De rossi to Roma and Nedved to Juve.
Maldini didn’t always get his transfers and targets correct. But all of our new additions apart from Puli and Tiji haven’t really been great.
I wanted to be optimistic when we sold Tonali and brought in many players. But last season was an absolute shit show. This season is going to be even difficult. All other teams have gotten stronger. Somehow we’ve become weaker. We have a buttload of talent but the mental edge is not there. It’s just like pre-covid, we concede a goal and we become deflated and lost. This is not on Fonseca entirely. Everyone has equal share in what’s happening and it hurts me as a Rossonero.
Forza Milan ♥️🖤
JohnBonThony on
Imagine how stupid someone must be to think, that you can replace MALDINI with Ibra. Maldini was a strong leader while being sensible and a gentleman.ibra is just rough.
kevinconstant on
Furlani is an accountant or whatever. Moncada is a scout. Cardinale knows nothing about football. I don’t even want to talk about Paul Singer. The management is amateur, and they prove it time and time again with their decision-making. Firing the club’s greatest player in the way they did. Selling the fan favourite future Bandiera. Hiring Fonseca.
People can point to CDK or Origi or whatever the fuck you want to point to, but what Maldini, Massara, Gazidis, and Boban did for the club was really special. Don’t forget where we were BEFORE them. And now look at the direction we’re headed.
ryu_rei on
The fact that many so-called fans completely turned on Maldini over corporate politics is depressing af. After all this man did for this club, Idk how anyone could watch all of his hard work get absolutely destroyed by this dogshit management and still think they were in the right.
b00merhawk on
He refused a position during the parody era of Berlusconi. I think it was because he knew it wasn’t a serious project and he didn’t want to be a figurehead of that. Fast forward to 2023, he told the RedBird guys not necessarily what they wanted to hear. If he’d been a yes-man like Zlatan he’d still be here imo
tsar_milano on
I mean, how can they get motivated? Seeing the club at it is and now how they treated certain players this windows. We can more or less know what we are going to get from the management and if you’re being honest to yourself, what’s more likely to pan out. Then how about the player themselves?
hehwcske on
My actual hope is ownership change and calling him back.
One thing about Maldini that’s really hard to replace is that everybody knows he cares about the club more than anybody else. He cares about Milan more than I do, so when he does something I might not agree, but I know for a fact that his intentions are the best within the information he has and I don’t. Also, he’s arguably one of the best 20 players ever and one of the most winning. He knows what he is talking about.
Without him, we’re downsizing (which might have been the goal all along, and why he was ousted). So if Cardinale could please build the stadium he cares about and fuck off, it would be real nice.
We’re not qualifying for CL this year and the reaction will not be to improve the squad to get back, but to cut costs. I’m also really worried about the youngsters, we have at least 3 amazing prospects, but a dysfunctional club will ruin them or ran them away.
DAngelo008 on
Redbird out
nightnurse97 on
Selling diehard fans like Tonali was also dumb too.
but 80M was a great capital gain so I see why they did it. Losing Donna, Hakan, Kessie etc on free transfers really hurt us. Milan has the highest net spend of any serie a team. With those transfers fees, we would’ve
HommoFroggy on
1) How about we support our team in this difficult moment?
2) These are millionaires divas, they do not need babysitters.
lilithandnemesi on
Let him fuckin’ go omg
dark_side_-666 on
True and he was a leader who try to solve the problems . He was there every match and training session and players respect him. Those clowns management hopefully and cardinale when he sell the club ,someone worthy should take over the club and bringing back boban and maldini.
BowieIsMyGod on
Milan finished 5th in the league with Maldini at the helm. And i’m sure this team wouldn’t be more competitive with the players he wanted to bring before he got sacked. Some of you just can’t let it go and face it that the club wouldn’t be in a better position with Maldini.
We currently have a fraud coach whose inaptitude even surpasses that of Giampaolo (guess who hired him), and a team that is clearly poorly built, especially on the midfield.
This is so typical. Milan fans looking for saviours instead of the real answers. We don’t need a Messiah, we need a proper sporting director and a proper coach that isn’t Serie B level.
Boneraventura on
If gerry and co actually brought results then I would have got over it. Nope just pure incompetence and zero grit. Now the club is alienating all our best players. If gerry was an inter plant then he is absolutely crushing it
druss81 on
i am a fan of Leao, but he has the worst body language.if Maldini was sitting next to me engaged in conversation, i would not be slouched down.
PrestonfromLibira on
I want Pioli back in
Pure_Selection_507 on
Loss of kessie too
andrea_83 on
Anyone involved in signing Fonseca and bringing in Emerson Royal and Abraham need to be shown the door. I’m assuming that’s the whole board. Get them out, and get a De Zerbi – Maldini combo up and running – give them full backing. Then watch this side show some heart, some proper tactics, and anyone who isn’t up to standard and conducts themselves correctly, be frozen out, regardless of who you are.
VesperSky88 on
These new guys don’t understand what Milan really is… Maldini knew. Boban knew. I miss them. They were universally respected because who they are now and what they were as players.
Felix_Todd on
Management should admit they were wrong and bring him back
bruclinbrocoli on
This is the guy I think we miss more than any CDM.
RockyRacoon09 on
I try and stay classy on here but my feeling: Fucking. Gut-wrenching.
Being a fan since 1992, if you look at the timeline of Milan and impactful events, I chalk this up as one of the most catastrophic.
BadReputation77 on
Damn right!
mikeydarwish on
The best part is Maldini drew a 5 year plan out to Gerry after winning the league, and he flat out fired him before he could present it
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The way ownership treated him is unforgivable. We lost that Milan aura when he left.
I am scared for the near future of this club. Whereas with Maldini, I trusted him and what he was building.
Agreed . I really feel sad on how much he worked to bring this team back (I even remember during the 19/20 season him getting abused and hated due to the way that season went ). The way he scouted those players from that scudetto winning season is something we lack especially with this brand of “money ball football” we are doing in the window. Ever since he left it feels like something has been lost on the way here.
Some icons are irreplaceable
I do not like the way Leao and Theo are moving and behaving, but I don’t think it’s Fonseca but the club as a whole. Maybe not only since Maldini and Redbird, but reading the way they pushed out Adli, Kalulu, Saele (at dying moments) and then how Benny was driven out as well might be sitting wrong with veterans like Leao and Theo. Apart from neccesary transfers and lacking preformance of above mentioned, I think it’s the way they treat players/staff nowdays. But just like companies when taken over, Milan got a sweep, the American way. Just like in our lives, this can demotivate a person, not all of us like changes. Piolo was at his end of his magic, but I think he had a good understanding with the lockerroom, especially the likes of Leao and Theo.
Can we just have someone who understands football? Is that too much to ask?
Moncada and Furlani tried to bite more than they can chew. They had no idea what Maldini was doing. It was a power struggle and since they were close to Cardinale he took out Maldini and Massara was a bonus. These two were what Zanetti is to Inter, De rossi to Roma and Nedved to Juve.
Maldini didn’t always get his transfers and targets correct. But all of our new additions apart from Puli and Tiji haven’t really been great.
I wanted to be optimistic when we sold Tonali and brought in many players. But last season was an absolute shit show. This season is going to be even difficult. All other teams have gotten stronger. Somehow we’ve become weaker. We have a buttload of talent but the mental edge is not there. It’s just like pre-covid, we concede a goal and we become deflated and lost. This is not on Fonseca entirely. Everyone has equal share in what’s happening and it hurts me as a Rossonero.
Forza Milan ♥️🖤
Imagine how stupid someone must be to think, that you can replace MALDINI with Ibra. Maldini was a strong leader while being sensible and a gentleman.ibra is just rough.
Furlani is an accountant or whatever. Moncada is a scout. Cardinale knows nothing about football. I don’t even want to talk about Paul Singer. The management is amateur, and they prove it time and time again with their decision-making. Firing the club’s greatest player in the way they did. Selling the fan favourite future Bandiera. Hiring Fonseca.
People can point to CDK or Origi or whatever the fuck you want to point to, but what Maldini, Massara, Gazidis, and Boban did for the club was really special. Don’t forget where we were BEFORE them. And now look at the direction we’re headed.
The fact that many so-called fans completely turned on Maldini over corporate politics is depressing af. After all this man did for this club, Idk how anyone could watch all of his hard work get absolutely destroyed by this dogshit management and still think they were in the right.
He refused a position during the parody era of Berlusconi. I think it was because he knew it wasn’t a serious project and he didn’t want to be a figurehead of that. Fast forward to 2023, he told the RedBird guys not necessarily what they wanted to hear. If he’d been a yes-man like Zlatan he’d still be here imo
I mean, how can they get motivated? Seeing the club at it is and now how they treated certain players this windows. We can more or less know what we are going to get from the management and if you’re being honest to yourself, what’s more likely to pan out. Then how about the player themselves?
My actual hope is ownership change and calling him back.
One thing about Maldini that’s really hard to replace is that everybody knows he cares about the club more than anybody else. He cares about Milan more than I do, so when he does something I might not agree, but I know for a fact that his intentions are the best within the information he has and I don’t. Also, he’s arguably one of the best 20 players ever and one of the most winning. He knows what he is talking about.
Without him, we’re downsizing (which might have been the goal all along, and why he was ousted). So if Cardinale could please build the stadium he cares about and fuck off, it would be real nice.
We’re not qualifying for CL this year and the reaction will not be to improve the squad to get back, but to cut costs. I’m also really worried about the youngsters, we have at least 3 amazing prospects, but a dysfunctional club will ruin them or ran them away.
Redbird out
Selling diehard fans like Tonali was also dumb too.
but 80M was a great capital gain so I see why they did it. Losing Donna, Hakan, Kessie etc on free transfers really hurt us. Milan has the highest net spend of any serie a team. With those transfers fees, we would’ve
1) How about we support our team in this difficult moment?
2) These are millionaires divas, they do not need babysitters.
Let him fuckin’ go omg
True and he was a leader who try to solve the problems . He was there every match and training session and players respect him. Those clowns management hopefully and cardinale when he sell the club ,someone worthy should take over the club and bringing back boban and maldini.
Milan finished 5th in the league with Maldini at the helm. And i’m sure this team wouldn’t be more competitive with the players he wanted to bring before he got sacked. Some of you just can’t let it go and face it that the club wouldn’t be in a better position with Maldini.
We currently have a fraud coach whose inaptitude even surpasses that of Giampaolo (guess who hired him), and a team that is clearly poorly built, especially on the midfield.
This is so typical. Milan fans looking for saviours instead of the real answers. We don’t need a Messiah, we need a proper sporting director and a proper coach that isn’t Serie B level.
If gerry and co actually brought results then I would have got over it. Nope just pure incompetence and zero grit. Now the club is alienating all our best players. If gerry was an inter plant then he is absolutely crushing it
i am a fan of Leao, but he has the worst body language.if Maldini was sitting next to me engaged in conversation, i would not be slouched down.
I want Pioli back in
Loss of kessie too
Anyone involved in signing Fonseca and bringing in Emerson Royal and Abraham need to be shown the door. I’m assuming that’s the whole board. Get them out, and get a De Zerbi – Maldini combo up and running – give them full backing. Then watch this side show some heart, some proper tactics, and anyone who isn’t up to standard and conducts themselves correctly, be frozen out, regardless of who you are.
These new guys don’t understand what Milan really is… Maldini knew. Boban knew. I miss them. They were universally respected because who they are now and what they were as players.
Management should admit they were wrong and bring him back
This is the guy I think we miss more than any CDM.
I try and stay classy on here but my feeling: Fucking. Gut-wrenching.
Being a fan since 1992, if you look at the timeline of Milan and impactful events, I chalk this up as one of the most catastrophic.
Damn right!
The best part is Maldini drew a 5 year plan out to Gerry after winning the league, and he flat out fired him before he could present it