Criscitiello critical of Ibrahimovic as he claims there is a split in Milan’s management | OneFootball

Sportitalia director Michele Criscitiello has claimed that there is a split inside the AC Milan management, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Giorgio Furlani not on the same page.

Milan’s search for a new head coach has descended into a bit of a farce. It seemed certain that Julen Lopetegui was arriving to take over from Stefano Pioli but then a fan protest brought a halt to things, and it now seems that the issue has been reopened again.

Having gone back to the drawing board, reports over the weekend suggested that it is now Sergio Conceicao who is in pole position. This morning, La Gazzetta dello Sport claimed that he will try to leave Porto and that he is very attracted by the idea of taking over at Milan.

Criscitiello spoke during his weekly column for Sportitalia and he suggested that there is a divide within the Milan management that is not helping the decision making processes.

“Milan are wrapped up. Now it’s official. If they wrap themselves up on the coach, the risk is that the mercato will become a minestrone without salt. Moncada is on Furlani’s boat. Ibra is Cardinale’s leader. Furlani represents the pre-Cardinale,” he said.

“In short, if Furlani goes to the right, Ibra is going to the left. The truth is that Ibra should not have been placed in this Milan team. He has no experience and for now he has no competence. Being a footballer and a leader in the dressing room does not mean knowing how to be a manager straight away.

“Zlatan wanted to bring Conte or Van Bommel to Milanello. Furlani opposed Conte and did not endorse the Dutchman. The Furlani tour had first confirmed Pioli, only to be surprised by Roma and the derby, and subsequently closed Lopetegui.

“The noise caused the signatures to be suspended and now other solutions must be found. At the moment there is a mixed majority government at Milan, with Ibra and Cardinale trying to be masters in their ‘own house’.

“Conceicao is Furlani’s idea. Ibra does not endorse. Meanwhile, from Milanello there are also rumours of a Zlatan who still behaves as a footballer/coach which also puts Pioli himself in difficulty.

“Alongside his former team-mates he would tell them how to do and what to do on the pitch, often disorientating the player himself who rightly must listen to the instructions of his coach and not of a manager who has no right to give this ‘advice’.”