2023-06-07 12:41:00
The news had the effect of a bomb on the side of Milan: Paolo Maldini and Ricky Massara, his sporting director, were fired by Gerry Cardinale. This decision by the boss of RedBird, an American fund that owns AC Milan, set the 2022 champion on fire. And for good reason, the club legend was one of the central elements of AC’s return to the fore.
Returning in 2018 as director of development, he became technical director of the club the following year. In five years, the club won the championship and finished in the C1 semi-finals. A positive assessment that gave him an appetite. “We are ahead of the project with a Scudetto which arrived faster than expected. We need to capitalize on what we have created and make investments now. That’s what I’m trying to make leaders understand., he explained for Prime Video. “Our presence at this level of the Champions League must be exploited, also economically, with investments.
A loan or a second season? Charles De Ketelaere’s future at AC Milan becomes clearer
Statements that did not at all please the American leader who did not show sentiment. In addition to these words, Maldini is blamed for the club’s last missed transfer window. A man symbolizes this fact: Charles De Ketelaere. Of the 55 million euros spent, 35 were for the Red Devil alone. An industrial crash for the one who has distributed only one assist for no goal in 40 appearances this season.
Maldini, the protector
Football, Maldini knows. However, did he really expect CDK to have the worst difficulty adjusting to his new life? The Milan legend has always assured that this transfer was a long-term investment, while conceding that CDK had difficulties. “He is in a different environment with different requirements. He pays that compared to the club he played for until last year. But we made him a contract for five years, not five months.he explained at the microphone of DAZN after a victory lived on the bench against Fiorentina in November.
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Rebelote during the elimination of AC against the sworn enemy of Inter Milan more recently. “It would have been easier and cheaper for us to opt for a player like Paulo Dybala at the start of the season. But would he have been the right player for our project? Would it have been appropriated and shared by our owners? No”I launched Maldini.
Since the start of the season, Maldini has taken two players as an example to explain that adaptation takes time. “Tonali and Leao struggled in their debut season. The same is happening to Charles this year. We have an idea and we want to build a young and talented team. This is a point of view shared with the owners. That takes time.” Obviously too much in the eyes of the owners who have chosen to part with Maldini.
De Ketelaere has another ally of choice
CDK was therefore the choice of Paolo Maldini. Now that the protector is gone, what will be the future of the Red Devil? Fortunately, he can always count on another father figure: Stefano Pioli. The coach appreciates the qualities of the ex-Brugeois and his state of mind. Like the recent decision of the one nicknamed the Prince in Belgium. “Charles came to my office this week to inform me that he will participate in the Euro U21 with Belgium. I think it’s the right choice for him”he explained.
This attitude shows that the attacker wants to fight to return to his best level. He could have gone on vacation, quietly. Instead, he wants to give everything to find himself. And the Euro can help to finally get the click it so badly needs.
Initially, the objective was to keep CDK to give him a second chance next year. Finally, his case will have to be re-examined by this new direction. “All the evaluations that we will do for next year’s team, we will do in the next few days. I think Charles’ situation will be one of them.”Pioli said before the last game.
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The suspense is therefore total. One thing is certain, the departure of Maldini was not taken well by the players at all. Rafael Leao put his finger on the mouth on social networks and had already explained that he had extended in part for the legend. While Mike Maignan hinted that he could leave the club and Theo Hernandez was also very attached to the icon.
For his part, CDK should also be marked by this forced departure, he who is now in the expectation. If the management chose to part with their player, they would only recover a small part of the budget spent last summer. AC Milan will therefore have to decide: insist or lend it.
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