De Telegraaf: Milan target Van Bommel to leave Antwerp – the reason | OneFootball

Mark van Bommel has been heavily linked with the AC Milan job in recent days and some news has already emerged regarding his future, a report claims.

Van Bommel already has a history with Milan given he arrived during the 2010-11 season and won the Scudetto with Zlatan Ibrahimovic his team-mate, and now things could come full circle as he is a candidate to become the coach.

According to information arriving from De Telegraaf (via MilanNews), Van Bommel’s fate with Antwerp has already been confirmed: he will leave the Belgian club at the end of the season.

The former midfielder had success with them last season as he won a league and cup double, ending a title drought for Antwerp, but now he will take the next step in his still young managerial career.

It is a farewell dictated above all by the financial problems of the club and its president, Paul Gheysens. It means they will not be able to keep the former PSV and Wolfsburg boss.

Last year, in his first season in the Belgian league, Van Bommel won the Jupiler League, while this year his side qualified for the final of the cup again where they will face Union Saint-Gilloise on 9 May.