Geoffrey Moncadawho arrived at Milan in 2019 from Monaco as Chief Scout, has held the role of Technical Director of the Club since the summer of 2023, working closely with the CEO Giorgio Furlani, the RedBird Senior Advisor Zlatan Ibrahimovic and the coach of the Prima Squad. The French manager gave an interview to MilanNews.italso talking about the purchase of Alvaro Morata.
To get Morata, who brought you so much at the leadership level, you didn’t need any algorithm.
“This is the perfect example of “non-algorithm”. We took the captain of the Spanish national team, who has won everything and who has already played in Italy. I was totally convinced of Alvaro, I was sure he was the perfect guy for us. He has an important mentality in the locker room, as a leader.”
Did you make the first call to the player?
“No. First I spoke to the agent, there is also this work to do (laughs, ed.). Zlatan then spoke to the player because he knew him, and then we spoke together. I like this example because it doesn’t come from data. He scored 22 goals last year at Atletico Madrid. For us he is still a very, very interesting player. I’m happy, he feels very comfortable here.”
Read TMW’s full interview with Moncada here!