GdS: ‘Fonseca, direct line’ – the situation as Milan hold new talks with Lille boss | OneFootball

Paulo Fonseca is the leading candidate to become the next head coach of AC Milan and the next few days will be decisive in determining whether it will happen or not.

Fonseca has been evaluated for a while by Milan given that he was always an alternative candidate to Julen Lopetegui and, after saying no to the Spaniard, they have always considered him a profile worthy of maximum attention.

Yesterday brought new contacts between Milan and the Lille coach, who tomorrow will play for qualification for the next Champions League with Lille. After that, we will begin to get more concrete signs either way.

Fonseca is the favourite to become Milan coach starting from July but the alternative candidates are evaluated day after day, with even some surprise contacts with other names.

Mutual choice

The official appointment will not arrive before the end of Serie A, this is practically certain. Milan have been saying this for some time, they don’t want to talk about other coaches until Stefano Pioli’s fifth season is finished.

The decision hasn’t been made but there are some pretty clear signs. Marseille have understood in these two days that Fonseca has no intention of accepting his proposal and it is no coincidence that they met Sergio Conceiçao, who was also highly valued by Milan.

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Fonseca, if he wanted, could continue at Lille, he could go to Marseille and he has also been contacted by a top club (Bayern? Chelsea?). However, Milan are at the centre of his thoughts and yes, it is understandable: with Milan he would return to Italy, coach a team with a legendary history and attend the Champions League starting from August.

All attractive. Milan, on the other hand, appreciates him because he is a coach of ideas and common sense, willing to cooperate with the club and work with the (young) material available.

Who decides and how

At Casa Milan, as the paper adds, there is no shortage of brainstorming. The decision is in the hands of Giorgio Furlani, Geoffrey Moncada and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

It is natural that there are ideas that arise from one of the three and are approved or not approved by the others. There are no zero-risk solutions with Milan’s budget, which doesn’t want coaches that earn €8m net per season, and perhaps there aren’t any regardless.

However, there is no shortage of contacts and proposals. For example, Lionel Scaloni of Argentina is something they have spoken with, with Marcelo Gallardo and Graham Potter also on the list.