Philip Galliformer director of the youth sector of the Milan and current head of the methodological area of Parma, spoke to the microphones of La Fiera del Calcio, revealing a behind-the-scenes story regarding Roberto DeZerbi: “On the day of his resignation from Brighton I was in his office, I was with him together with Andrea Maldera. And he wanted to come to Milan… He certainly would have come to Milan in a hurry. Then things didn’t go as we wanted”.
What makes you think he wanted to come to Milan?
“I was there that day and he showed me photos of him from when he was at Milan, when he was in the boys’ squad, joining the first team. You can feel it when you talk to him, that he has this Rossoneri soul, which some call Milanism.”
But now he is happy at Marseille.
“When I went to visit him in his office in Marseille, he had just finished training, but he was already totally immersed in the new reality. He has a great ability to involve everyone, from the players to the staff, but also the people who are around him and live for the club. It is clear, Marseille always has its own identity, but Roberto’s passage, which I hope can be as long as possible, will certainly leave something and build a certain type of football identity if nothing else”.