Repubblica: Conceicao ‘increasingly alone’ as Ibrahimovic refuses to take on Maldini role | OneFootball

Sergio Conceicao has had a tough first few months in charge of AC Milan. Initially, especially after the Supercoppa Italiana win, he enjoyed the support of the management but that is no longer the case, as per a report.

The management, with Geoffrey Moncada and Zlatan Ibrahimovic at the helm, decided to replace Paulo Fonseca with his compatriot Conceicao just before the new year. They expressed great faith in the manager’s abilities then, but the situation has changed over the last few years.

After some honest post-match interviews by the manager, as well as a heated argument between him and Moncada after the Bologna defeat, the management wasn’t present at Milanello yesterday. This was reported in today’s edition of La Repubblica (via Calciomercato.com), stating that Conceicao is ‘increasingly alone’.

Furthermore, as the report continues, Ibrahimovic is refusing to take on a Paolo Maldini-esque role by acting as ‘a solitary lightning rod in moments of extreme difficulty’. The manager is thus having to deal with everything himself: the struggles on the pitch, the protests by Curva Sud and doubts of his players.

In short, there is no harmony in the club and within the management, tensions are rising as key figures are increasingly divided on where to go from here.