GdS: ‘It’s over’ – Milan give Pioli the bad news but now a negotiation will follow | OneFootball

AC Milan are expected to tell the world that Stefano Pioli’s work at the club is done before the match against Salernitana but there will then be negotiations over the terms of his dismissal.

As reported by La Gazzetta dello Sport this morning (seen below), the press release confirming that Pioli is to leave the club at the end of the season should arrive shortly before the match against Salernitana, which is the Rossoneri’s last of the campaign.

There is still one year to run on Pioli’s existing contract, which means an agreement has to be found on the money that he will no longer earn from that final year.

The thought process behind releasing the news before the Salernitana game is that Pioli can then have a proper farewell with the fans at San Siro, having already been told personally that time is up.

It is believed that Pioli’s final year at the club, should he have seen it out, would have cost just under €10m. Milan do not want to pay that big amount and they will start negotiating a deal with Pioli.

Milan want to agree on a severance package and there is still a good relationship between the hierarchy and Pioli meaning a deal should not be hard to strike.