Repubblica: Why ‘everything leads’ to Paratici being Milan’s next sporting director | OneFootball

AC Milan CEO Giorgio Furlani will soon have to start making decisions regarding the sporting director, but everything already points to one name.

As La Repubblica (via MilanNews) reports this morning, the choice of sporting director will have a huge weight on the future of Milan. Getting it wrong seriously risks ruining the project, because they will have a big say in the head coach and squad construction.

The impression is that ‘the circle is starting to tighten’, meaning that the names in contention are being trimmed down. Furlani has set his sights on one profile in particular among all those evaluated in recent weeks, it seems.

The paper writes that ‘everything leads to believe that Fabio Paratici will be the new sporting director of Milan’ because the ex-Juventus and Spurs man is ahead in Furlani’s preferences compared to Tony D’Amico and Igli Tare.

Paratici would approach his role as an external consultant while waiting for his suspension to expire on July 20, when he could formally take up the position as Milan’s sporting director and appear on the organisational hierarchy.

What makes him the favourite? The Italian has built experience with Sampdoria, Juventus and Tottenham, building international relationships and showing his ability to find young talent but also complete ‘big deals’, like for Cristiano Ronaldo and Matthjis de Ligt.

Once the new SD has been chosen, Milan will dedicate themselves to choosing the coach. The idea remains to focus on an Italian profile who knows Serie A well , such as Vincenzo Italiano, Gian Piero Gasperini or even Maurizio Sarri. Max Allegri and Antonio Conte are names to watch, too.