Milan Management

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But not many qualified professionals lived Milan in their glory days first hand on and off the field. I get your point but I think there needs to be a mix of both; some who have been great players to share the culture and act as a symbol, and then someone 'qualified' to do the real stuff. I wouldn't undervalue the influence someone like Maldini could have in the club, likewise as he did when he was a player. I wouldn't give Maldini a directorial role, but rather something more of a symbol or ambassador or something.

True, nobody knows the "Milan Way" better than those ex-greats of the team. But in my opinion, returning Milan to its former state might not actually be all that ideal to begin with. The Milan way was certainly glorious but also had serious flaws. It was a machine driven by massive amount of debt and lacked the necessary structure to be sustainable. The Milan Way gave us all those titles, but also provided the foundation for Galliani to become a dictator as well. The new Milan needs to stray away from that old school way of thinking, and not try to preserve the "Milan Way" at all cost. Instead, we need to modernize ourselves and become a new Milan. I don't mind the greats from yesterday to come back but I only want them as part of the new machine, as people with knowledge of soccer, not as some kind of crusader to restore the good old days.