03-07-2016, 07:18 PM
The case of Balotelli and really, a lot of the players on this team just shows how far this management is falling behind times. The reality is, while all the other teams around the world runs on a business-like organizational philosophy, we run like a traditional family business.
If you look at our transfer dealings from last year, everything basically revolves around the whole "Italian Milan" principal that Berlusconi came up with. While the philosophy itself is not necessarily terrible, and probably has its fans, I do think it is very out dated. To me, the key to building a good team should always be to try to bring in players with high quality, not the right passport. The decision to either bring in a player or not should be focused on his ability, adaptability and scheme fit, not jut his nationality. Under the "Italian Milan" mantra, we shelled out 20M for Bertolacci, a player who isn't even worth half of that money. Balo was also brought in not because we thought he could actually turn things around, but because he's Italian.
This type of senseless decision making from the high level management needs to stop, and it needs to stop at the top. We can't implement policies that make no sense just because the owner thought it was a good idea. "Italian Milan" would have been a great policy to have if Italy was flushed with world class talent like it was in the late 90s or early 2000s. With the current crop of Italian players available, I have a hard time seeing an Italian Milan being very competitive in Europe.
If you look at our transfer dealings from last year, everything basically revolves around the whole "Italian Milan" principal that Berlusconi came up with. While the philosophy itself is not necessarily terrible, and probably has its fans, I do think it is very out dated. To me, the key to building a good team should always be to try to bring in players with high quality, not the right passport. The decision to either bring in a player or not should be focused on his ability, adaptability and scheme fit, not jut his nationality. Under the "Italian Milan" mantra, we shelled out 20M for Bertolacci, a player who isn't even worth half of that money. Balo was also brought in not because we thought he could actually turn things around, but because he's Italian.
This type of senseless decision making from the high level management needs to stop, and it needs to stop at the top. We can't implement policies that make no sense just because the owner thought it was a good idea. "Italian Milan" would have been a great policy to have if Italy was flushed with world class talent like it was in the late 90s or early 2000s. With the current crop of Italian players available, I have a hard time seeing an Italian Milan being very competitive in Europe.