Tuttosport: Fonseca to meet Marseille as Milan must resolve Pioli issue first | OneFootball

Paulo Fonseca will have a series of meetings in the coming days after which he hopes that he will have a clearer understanding of his future, and AC Milan remain in the running.

According to this morning’s edition of Tuttosport (via MilanNews), Fonseca had a long conversation with Olivier Letang yesterday, who is the president of Lille, and today he is expected to meet Pablo Longoria who holds the same role at Marseille.

Les Phocéens are a club that have had him in its sights for some time, as per the paper. In addition to Lille’s renewal proposal and Marseille’s offer (three-year contract worth €3.5m net per year), the Portuguese coach is also in the sights of Milan.

However, the Rossoneri first want to resolve things with Stefano Pioli who will lead his side on Saturday for the last time against Salernitana. He still has one year left on his contract which, when including his staff, would cost the club around €11m gross.

It remains to be seen whether the long-awaited meeting between Milan and Pioli will take place already this week or whether it will instead take place after the team returns from Australia where they have friendly match against Roma on May 31st.

Once the situation with Pioli is resolved, the Diavolo managers will focus on the new coach. At the moment Fonseca is still in pole position, but also watch out for the candidacy of Mark van Bommel who obviously has a strong bond with the club.

Among other things, before returning to PSV Eindhoven in 2012 when he was a player, he said that one day he would return to Milanello, perhaps as a coach. It is a prophecy that could also come true in the coming weeks.