No Coaching Change for Milan but Seat Starts Warming Up

The Milan hierarchy won’t make rash decisions about Paulo Fonseca and will give the gaffer at least three more matches to see if he can turn things around. The Rossoneri will face Venezia, Liverpool, and especially Inter in rapid succession after the first international break.

They have collected just two points in three rounds, tying with Torino and Lazio and losing to Parma. According to Sky, the higher-ups aren’t seriously considering pulling the plug at this stage. However, further disappointing results would make the crisis escalate.

Fonseca was one of the only two coaches Milan truly contemplated and contacted last summer. The top option was Julen Lopetegui. However, the management didn’t go with him also because their fans revolted against such a hire.

The Rossoneri thought about four other names: Massimiliano Allegri, Maurizio Sarri, Roberto De Zerbi, and Thomas Tuchel. However, they never reached out to them as they were content with their chief options. They are all still available but the former Brighton gaffer, who took over Olympique Marseille.

Our Take on Milan and Fonseca
Between their erratic play and unnecessary off-the-pitch drama, he couldn’t have gotten off to a worse start. The only salvageable things were the spurts that led to the comebacks versus Torino and Lazio, and they’ll have to restart from those. They downplayed the Theo Hernandez and Rafael Leao affair, but things would go downhill quickly if there were issues inside the locker room in addition to the problem on the pitch. However, they wouldn’t turn to one of those candidates, as they made it clear with their actions that they are unwilling to pay top dollar for a manager.