Milan bang: club icon Maldini has to go

The football club's owner, US investor Gerry Cardinale, told the 54-year-old on Monday afternoon, the Milanese newspapers reported on Tuesday, among others Journal of Sport and Corriere della Sera .

The reason for the expulsion was fundamentally different views on the future direction of the club. In addition to Maldini, sports director Frederic Massara also had to go, it was said. Now only official confirmation from Milan is pending. Maldini and Massara actually have contracts until 2024.

You can't get more legend than that Maldini is probably the Rossoneri's greatest club icon. He played in the club since his school days and with the professionals from 1985 to 2009. During that time he won, among other things, the national champions' cup and the Champions League five times and was champion seven times. He was captain of Milan from 1997 until the end of his career.

<a data-caption="Maldini hier im Jahr 2007 gegen Inters Ibrahimovic. Später als Funktionär holte er den Schweden zurück zu Milan und gewann mit ihm den Scudetto. © ANSA / MATTEO BAZZI / XX" data-fancybox="inline-161837" target="_image" href="https://s3-images.sportnews.bz/_images/scale/1280x1280/img/2023/06/maldini-hier-im-jahr-2007-gegen-inters-ibrahimovic-spaeter-als-funktionaer-holte-er-den-schweden-zurueck-zu-milan-und-gewann-mit-ihm-den-scudetto.jpg"> Maldini here in 2007 against Inter's Ibrahimovic. Later, as an official, he brought the Swede back to Milan and won the Scudetto with him. © ANSA / MATTEO BAZZI / XX

Maldini has been the club's technical director since 2019 and was therefore jointly responsible for the squad and the transfer market. Last year, the Milanese surprisingly won the championship title in Serie A. The northern Italians finished the previous season in fourth place in the table; In the Champions League they were eliminated in the semi-finals against city rivals Inter.

Maldini and club owner Cardinale are said to have never been particularly well harmonized since the investor joined in 2022, it was said. Now the ex-professional is primarily accused of a botched transfer phase last summer - the Belgians Charles De Ketelaere and Divock Origi, who were considered the most important purchases, flopped.

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Milan bang: club icon Maldini has to go

According to consistent media reports, the Italian top club AC Milan is parting ways with its technical director Paolo Maldini.

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