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.itwhere he spoke about his role, the working methodology used at Milan, the process that leads to buying a player and all the new areas that his role as DT touches. The Rossoneri world of Geoffrey Moncada, between pitch and data.
Fonseca is in all this. How did you get to him?
“Paulo has a style of play, we saw it at Lille, that I think Milan should have. We play in Milan and at San Siro, we have to control the game and the ball. We must be solid on these points. Paulo has a good ability to work, he does interesting training sessions. Work individually and with the collective. For example, he can work with all the midfielders: after training he takes four-five midfielders and does specific work with them. We’re in November, at the end of the season I’m sure we’ll see many players who will have made a huge step with him.”
This step is to consolidate Milan at the top, right?
“The top 5 in Europe are City, Liverpool, Bayern etc. We want to at least try to get closer, but it’s not easy. It also took Liverpool eight years to get to this level, it wasn’t like that before. They did an important job. But they had a strategy with a coach who has a precise game methodology. We want to do this type of game methodology with a coach who has clear ideas and develop the players.”
So are Fonseca’s choices, for example the management of Leao, always supported by the management?
“Yes, we work together every day. And now I think Leao is totally different. Just look at his performances in Madrid, Cagliari and with the national team. These are situations that can happen, you are not always perfect otherwise it would be too easy. We must accept that players can have moments of difficulty and support them as Zlatan and I did with Rafa, giving him support and a constructive discussion. We are a family.”
Read TMW’s full interview with Moncada here!