GdS: No more excuses – how Ibrahimovic and Conceicao addressed the squad in speeches | OneFootball

Sergio Conceiçao’s spell as AC Milan head coach officially began yesterday, and it was accompanied by a strong message from Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

As La Gazzetta dello Sport (via MilanNews) reports this morning, Conceicao has taken the place of his compatriot Paulo Fonseca. He has signed a contract until 2026 and will earn just over €1m until June, in addition to various bonuses based around qualifying for the next Champions League and winning a trophy.

His salary next season will rise to €3.5m, and yesterday he got to meet his new squad for the first time. After landing in Milan in the early afternoon together with his staff, the coach immediately went to Milanello to greet the team and lead the first training session.

In his first speech to the squad, Conceiçao underlined that he considers this Milan – in terms of the quality they have – a top team in Italy and Europe. He told everyone to believe in themselves and asked for a change of direction.

His first objective will be to ‘recover’ (especially mentally) players like Theo Hernandez and Rafael Leao who had some problems with Fonseca. The entire Milan management were present to welcome him at Milanello, namely Giorgio Furlani, Geoffrey Moncada and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

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The latter, in particular, wanted to speak to the team to explain the decision to change coach and above all to spur on the group. The Swede gave a firm speech to the team, during which he admitted that Fonseca’s dismissal is a defeat for everyone, not just the Portuguese.

Ibra asked for an immediate change of attitude because nobody has any alibis or excuses now. It’s up to the players to react and bring results.