After Zlatan Ibrahimovic ended his playing career this summer, he has been given a big role in Milan. He is a partner in Milan’s ownership group Red Bird Capital Partners as well as a senior advisor in the red and black Milan club.
In connection with the Financial Times Business of Football Summit, Gerry Cardinale, founder of Red Bird Partners, gave an explanation of what the Swede’s service entails.
– Zlatan means that I can be based in the USA but still be with Milan. He is my agent in Milan and we hired him specifically at Red Bird to be active there. We are spoken to several times every day and he has the right to be my voice to the players, to the employees. “It’s very important and he brings credibility and authenticity, but if I took someone from New York it wouldn’t be the same,” Cardinale said at the time.
Now Zlatan Ibrahimovic looks to be rising through the ranks. According to journalist Marco Conterio, who, among other things, works for Tuttomercatoweb and RaiSport, Cardinale has decided to make Zlatan Ibrahimovic the main person responsible for the project in Milan, that is, the owner is taking a small step back and letting the Swede decide. According to the information, Ibrahimovic will, for example, have to make decisions regarding coach Stefano Pioli’s future, which players will be dumped and he will also have the final say when it comes to signings. Zlatan will basically control what the red and black do.
Milan is in second place in Serie A.
