GdS: Milan smile as Napoli express interest in hiring Pioli – the reason | OneFootball

Stefano Pioli looks set to leave AC Milan in the summer and could join another Serie A club straight away, as Napoli have expressed their interest. This is good news for the Rossoneri, financially speaking anyway.

As highlighted by today’s edition of Gazzetta dello Sport (see photo below), Pioli has a contract with Milan until 2025 and a solution will thus have to be reached in the summer. A departure with a severance pay is the most likely outcome, but this might not be that hefty.

Napoli are looking for a permanent solution on the bench, after hiring Walter Mazzari and Francesco Calzona as interim managers, and Pioli is one of the top candidates for the job. The 58-year-old could thus get a new job immediately after leaving Milan.

This is good news for the Rossoneri as they likely could terminate Pioli’s contract by mutual consent, instead of having to pay a high severance fee. There will likely be some sort of fee involved but it will be nominal compared to the salary, which would be €7.4m gross for 2024-25.

When Milan sacked Marco Giampaolo back in 2019, he remained on the payroll until the summer of 2020 and this is something the Rossoneri want to stop from happening again.