Di Stefano provides update on Milan’s managerial preferences: “There is only one” | OneFootball

AC Milan are preparing for their final game of the 2023-24 Serie A season, one which will see Stefano Pioli on the San Siro touchline as the Rossoneri’s head coach for the last time, and a report has claimed that there is now a clear favourite to succeed him.

The tale of this season will have a theme of Pioli’s job security. At best times, it was ‘he might keep his job’. At the worst? It was a stream of social media hashtags, questions about his future, and questions about the board’s ability to make decisions.

However, this theme will not replicate. Nothing has been confirmed, but the writing is on the wall, it is covered, yet the message is known and pre-planned. The management have refused to decide on his future until the season’s conclusion, but reports of talks with other managers and Pioli’s talks with other clubs suggest that both parties have known the fate for some time.

Now, there is a need to find his successor, and Sky journalist Peppe Di Stefano has spoken about the candidate that Milan want, and his words have been relayed by Radio Rossonera.

“Yesterday there was the meeting between Lille and Fonseca with the club offering him a contract renewal that the coach is not expected to accept. Tomorrow there will also be the final meeting between Fonseca and Marseille, but there is little hope that the coach will accept.

“Milan hopes that it will not go through in order to take the decisive step. If there is time to close in the week, Milan will do it. The ambiguous situation is that Milan after playing Salernitana will leave for Australia, but we need to understand if the agreement with Stefano Pioli will be resolved first, otherwise he will leave with Milan for Australia. The only name for the successor is that of Paulo Fonseca.”