Milan Management

[devoted_dm]

I'm really puzzled as to how teams like Roma and Tottenham spend so much more money than us on the transfer market, yet they have smaller revenue than us.

I think it's because Milan is a much bigger organization. We are set up a lot like clubs like Real Madrid, Barcelona or Man Utd, which means that we spend far more money than smaller clubs like Roma and Tottenham. Debt might also be a factor, as Tottenham's debt was also 72 million euro last season, while ours was 194 million. Roma owes about 130 million.

I think that the club (Berlusconi), somewhat arrogantly, didn't expect that the lack of squad investment and the sales of our best players would lead to not qualifying for the Champions League. We are losing a lot of money because of this. There's TV revenue, prize money from UEFA, more difficult to find sponsors and investors, loss of fan interest etc. Selling Ibra and Thiago Silva without even reinvesting the money in the squad proves that Berlusconi has lost his business sense. Barbara tried to warn him that this would happen, but to no avail.

It makes me so angry. How old is he now...?