Week 3: Lazio - Milan August 31 2024 20:45CET

[Arildonardo]

And there's the problem. You will keep trying and having to fix and mend Theo. He's a nut case ordinarily, and now that he's set his mind on leaving (remember he wanted Bayern but they didn't make a move), it's gonna get worse with time. He's been petulant for quite some time,. didn't start this season. That stunt they pulled with Leao during the cooling break was pathetic. Too immature.

And to be fair to the management, they showed they can re-invest judging by the Tonali sale.

They have? We have a worse team now than what we had before Tonali left.

[Zio Fester]

Telelombardia director Fabio Ravezzani also explained to MilanNews.it that this issue has been brewing for a while at San Siro.

“Leao notoriously does not have football as his priority in life. Theo wanted to leave and has a turbulent past. There are no real club icons left, most of the players arrived at most 2-3 years ago.

“If a team has few leaders and a coach who the fans don’t have much faith in, then it becomes difficult.”

“The biggest mistake was not realising two players had reached the end of the road at Milan. Neither of them can continue to give what they’ve given this team in the past. It can only get worse, so they should’ve been sold.”

Ravezzani was also very critical of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who has a still not exactly defined role as ‘advisor’ to Milan President Gerry Cardinale, but was absent at the Olimpico last night because he is on vacation.

“Ibrahimovic proved he is not a director. He is a great director of himself, he knows how to play the media, but it is paradoxical to get rid of Paolo Maldini to bring in Ibra, who after Cristiano Ronaldo is the man with the biggest ego in football.

“If he is the sole man in charge and then goes on vacation, posting selfies on social media, he certainly isn’t giving the impression of being a director. I fear the problem at Milan is not the coach, but the directors.”

[Inas]

Telelombardia director Fabio Ravezzani also explained to MilanNews.it that this issue has been brewing for a while at San Siro.

“Leao notoriously does not have football as his priority in life. Theo wanted to leave and has a turbulent past. There are no real club icons left, most of the players arrived at most 2-3 years ago.

“If a team has few leaders and a coach who the fans don’t have much faith in, then it becomes difficult.”

“The biggest mistake was not realising two players had reached the end of the road at Milan. Neither of them can continue to give what they’ve given this team in the past. It can only get worse, so they should’ve been sold.”

Ravezzani was also very critical of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who has a still not exactly defined role as ‘advisor’ to Milan President Gerry Cardinale, but was absent at the Olimpico last night because he is on vacation.

“Ibrahimovic proved he is not a director. He is a great director of himself, he knows how to play the media, but it is paradoxical to get rid of Paolo Maldini to bring in Ibra, who after Cristiano Ronaldo is the man with the biggest ego in football.

“If he is the sole man in charge and then goes on vacation, posting selfies on social media, he certainly isn’t giving the impression of being a director. I fear the problem at Milan is not the coach, but the directors.”

Agreed [emoji817] with this!

[Santino]

I think Ravezzani is right.
And we need to go for Rabiot and stop with this RLC at CAM.

[Arildonardo]

The same pundits that now criticize Theo and Leao would have gone mad if we sold them a month ago.

So Terracciano and Chuk are ok, Theo and Leao are not. I see where this is going...

[Inas]

They have? We have a worse team now than what we had before Tonali left.

The point I was making was about reinvesting proceeds from sales and the management have shown they are not averse to that, seeing as they reinvested the Tonali cash. Now whether the re-investment was done effectively or not is a different thing.

And I don't agree that we have a "worse team" than before Tonali left. That's a bit of a stretch and debatable. Unless my memory fails me, we finished 5th in the league with Tonali and only qualified for the CL because points were taken off Juventus.

Milan became weaker when Kessie and Hakan left and Bennacer was deformed, not because Tonali left last year.

[Santino]

The same pundits that now criticize Theo and Leao would have gone mad if we sold them a month ago.

So Terracciano and Chuk are ok, Theo and Leao are not. I see where this is going...

I think Theo wants more, and its normal. I hope he will go back to Real next season.

[Inas]

The same pundits that now criticize Theo and Leao would have gone mad if we sold them a month ago.

So Terracciano and Chuk are ok, Theo and Leao are not. I see where this is going...

So where's it going? [emoji1]

This is about attitude and how disruptive it can be to a team. Not about footballing abilities. So don't know why you bringing up Chuks and Terraciano.

[reza]

If a new coach can bench Theo and Leao already, a manager can tell them that you can't ask a raise two years inside a four years contract. Being a star doesn't create an exception to this. And I would stop with 'Theo came to Milan cause of Maldini'*, come for Milan or stay away. I am sorry if this sounds 'harsh' or may be even naive but may be it needs to be.

*I am not talking about fans, I am talking about players thinking that way.

[Leoni9900]

I feel like Theo and Leao are fine. They are just seeing what the rest of us are. Our owner and directors have no clue what they are doing. The team has definitely become worse. The stars have 0 respect for Fonseca and it’s understandable. He’s not a winner. We all hoped for a top manager and got Giampaolo 2.0.