Moncada explains the philosophy-led decision that made Milan choose Fonseca | OneFootball

AC Milan technical director Geoffrey Moncada has revealed the reasons that drew the club towards hiring Paulo Fonseca as their new head coach.

When the decision was made to sack Stefano Pioli at the end of last season, many believed that Milan would be in the market for names like Antonio Conte and Roberto De Zerbi, managers with a high stock.

However, after strongly flirting with Julen Lopetegui – who is currently under fire at West Ham – the decision was made to go for Fonseca who had just left Lille after a couple of positive seasons.

Moncada gave a long interview to MilanNews about a number of topics from the signings made to renewals and also Rafael Leao’s form, which you can read in full.

As part of it, he was asked by the website about what drew the club to Fonseca, who perhaps was not the most glamorous name available for the job in the summer.

“Paulo has a style of football that we believe Milan ought to have. We play at San Siro, we should control the game and the ball. We should be solid on these matters,” he said.

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“Paulo is a good worker, he has interesting training sessions, working both individually and with the collective. For example, I’ve seen him take four or five midfielders after a regular session and do some specific work just with them.

“It is only November, I am sure that we will see many players have made enormous progress by the end of the season with him.

“The top five in Europe are sides like Manchester City, Liverpool, Bayern Munich, etc. We want to at least get closer to that, but it is not easy. Liverpool took eight years to reach this level, as it wasn’t like that before.

“They required a strategy and a coach with a very precise methodology. We want to do the same with a coach who has clear ideas and can develop the players.”