When AC Milan saw that the relationship between Napoli and their manager Antonio Conte was heading towards a divorce and that Aurelio De Laurentiis had contacted their favourite to take over from Sérgio Conceição, they were in a hurry to clear away formalities.
Napoli offered €4 million to Massimiliano “Max” Allegri, an amount topped by AC Milan, along with promises of time to reverse the negative trend that the club is in.
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Manager Sérgio Conceição was sacked on Thursday after it became clear that AC Milan were too far down the Serie A table to qualify for European play. And now, a few minutes ago, it is clear that Massimiliano Allegri will be brought back to the San Siro. big club.
According to journalist Nicolò Schira, Allegri has signed a contract until the summer of 2028, with an annual salary of five million euros. Those who are quick at mental arithmetic already know that it is a million euros more than what Napoli offered.
Allegri has been out of work since leaving Juventus in 2024. He was previously coach of Milan between 2010 and 2014, when he won Serie A in 2011 and the Italian Super Cup in the same year.
Conceião took over Milan at the end of December last year and led the team to an eighth place in Serie A last season. He won the Italian Super Cup with the club, but was eliminated by Feyenoord in the Champions League play-offs and lost the final to Bologna in the Italian Cup.
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New sports director in place
Milan have also recently presented Igli Tare as their new sporting director. Tare will thus have the biggest responsibility for the club’s signings going forward, while Zlatan Ibrahimović will take a step back on that front. The Swede is still with us, but is no longer “Big Boss” now he is “only” an advisor to the club’s management.
Fact box: Massimiliano Allegri
Massimiliano Allegri was born in Livorno on August 11, 1967. As a player, he was active in Serie A for Pisa, Pescara, Cagliari, Perugia and Napoli before starting his coaching career in 2002.
He coached Aglianese, SPAL, Grosseto and Sassuolo before making his Serie A coaching debut with Cagliari in 2008. In 2010, he took over AC Milan and won the club’s 18. Serie A title already in his first season, followed by the Italian Super Cup in 2011.
From 2014 to 2019, and again from 2021 to 2024, he was the head coach of Juventus. There he led the team to five Serie A titles, five Coppa Italia titles and two Italian Super Cup titles.
