In exactly one week Milan will begin the 2024-2025 season with the classic meeting at Milanello which will, in turn, begin the usual summer training camp. After Stefano Pioli’s five years, a new coach, Paolo Fonseca, will lead the training sessions at the Carnago Sports Centre, arriving in Milan in the next few days to get to know the Rossoneri world and work more closely with the management for the transfer market.
The staff
The Portuguese coach’s staff will include a new match analyst. His name is Paulo Ferreira, a legend of Porto, European champion in 2003, and the first assistant at José Mourinho’s Chelsea. In addition to Paulo Ferreira, Fonseca’s technical staff will be completed by Tiago Leal, who provides fundamental support on the tactical side, and Paulo Mourao, a former athletic trainer at Vitoria Guimaraes, Benfica, Al Nassr and Spartak Moscow.
Market demands
As soon as possible, Fonseca will need to see the squad completed at least with a new attacker and a midfielder with defensive characteristics. As regards the striker, the main desire of the Rossoneri management is that of Joshua Zirkzee, but the situation is always anchored to the same problem relating to the request for commissions by the Dutch player’s agent. In midfield, the first name on the list is Youssouf Fofana, a Frenchman born in 1999 whose contract with Monaco will expire in a year; The Monegasques are asking for 25 million euros for him, but Milan aims to spend less than 20.