La Repubblica: Milan could replace Pioli with Abate and Ibrahimovic as caretakers | OneFootball

Stefano Pioli’s position at Milan has been heavily scrutinised in recent weeks and some are suggesting that the Newcastle clash will decide everything. According to a report, the Rossoneri could replace him with Ignazio Abate and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Milan suffered a tough defeat against Atalanta on Saturday evening and have now registered four of them in the league already. Inter are nine points ahead in the standings and the Champions League adventure could come to an end on Wednesday.

In short, the start to the season has not been very successful and Pioli must take a lot of responsibility for it. According to La Repubblica, as cited by PianetaMilan, the manager could be forced to leave the club in the event of a defeat against Newcastle.

Milan would then be ready to replace Pioli with Zlatan Ibrahimovic, whose return is imminent anyway, and the Primavera manager Ignazio Abate. Instead of a consultant to RedBird, the Swede would then be a caretaker/director at Milan to begin with.

Abate and Ibrahimovic have known each other for a long time, first playing together at Milan in 2010, and they are close friends off the pitch. The former has been very successful with the Primavera side this season, so his tactics mixed with Ibrahimovic’s mentality and experience could be interesting.