Chapter 42 The dynasty has already collapsed

Chapter 42 The dynasty has already collapsed

The introduction of foreign capital has never been precedent since Berlusconi took over AC Milan, but now it seems that all this has become possible. If Milan wants to revive, it needs more than just keeping core players like Kaka, It also requires large sums of money.

Although the investment group owned by the Berlusconi family of AC Milan, fininvest, the main shareholder of AC Milan, denied the news that it would sell the club's shares, and publicly stated: "fininvest clearly and completely denies the so-called fininvest in the media that it will partially sell all of its own shares. AC Milan shares, this rumor is nonsense, and there are no negotiations or contacts regarding the sale of shares."

However, many Italian media, including Milan's mouthpiece "Gazzetta dello Sport", believe that Berlusconi and his family should have recognized and accepted the possibility of foreign capital injection into AC Milan.

In fact, although Berlusconi himself was not happy to see this kind of thing happen, his children strongly opposed the Berlusconi family continuing to pay for the high player consumption of AC Milan. Now the head of the Berlusconi family It seems that they have compromised with the young and accepted the idea of ​​allowing foreign capital to enter AC Milan.

Now it seems that the foreign capital that is most likely to enter AC Milan is the black gold investment from the United Arab Emirates. Standing behind Dubai International Capital is the Sheikh of Dubai, who is also the Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, Mohammad bin Rashid. Al Maktoum, Dubai International Capital is likely to buy a 35% stake in the AC Milan club, and AC Milan will be able to immediately see 500 million euros in the account.

Berlusconi's agreement to let foreign capital enter AC Milan is accompanied by a so-called put option on the transfer of 100% of the club's equity. In other words, Berlusconi has the right, but not necessarily, to pay the current agreed price Sale of the entire equity interest in the club to Dubai International Capital.

In fact, Berlusconi has no intention of investing in the club now, mainly because doing so will lead to a further increase in the already falsely high capital, and not investing now will give Berlusconi two years later, the Arab chaebols. The opportunity to say "sorry, we were just joking" does not necessitate a sale of the club.

The total value of the equity agreed by the two parties should be around 10 billion euros. Behind this seemingly absurd figure is the fact that the Arabs intend to invest in AC Milan just to be able to invest in the construction of the team's new stadium. They have a full say, just like they did when they built the Emirates Stadium for Arsenal.

In addition to capital, the biggest problem hindering the revival of AC Milan is people's hearts. Kaka chose to stay in the team. This is good news, but the coaching position of Ancelotti has now become confusing. Since he entered San Siro in 2001, It has been eight years now, whether this relationship can be maintained, just like Kaka and AC Milan, is full of unknowns.

On the 24th of Serie A, AC Milan will play away against Udinese. Before the game, Ancelotti answered reporters' questions at a regular press conference. The turmoil caused by Celotti's criticism was also due to the rumors that Ancelotti would bid farewell to AC Milan after the turmoil. This press conference is the first time Ancelotti has publicly expressed his position after the turmoil, so it has attracted special attention.

"There's nothing new from what I've said in the past, those stories don't exist, there are too many unbelievable rumours, I'm still at AC Milan and you guys have put the Chelsea contract in my insurance Cabinet, it's such a ridiculous thing, I don't think it's going to happen."

"I don't think it's useful to comment on statements made by President Berlusconi, or to wait for his phone call, because he has publicly denied these things and I believe there is no need for comment. My relationship with the club is very good, very harmonious. ."

Although Ancelotti denied it, everyone knows that because of his record and relationship with some players, Ancelotti's life at San Siro may be full of variables. Dean's prejudice, of course, there are some people who contribute to the flames, such as Ronaldinho.

Berlusconi pointed the finger at the head coach of his own club in an interview before, claiming: "If AC Milan loses hope of winning the Serie A championship this season, it is entirely Ancelotti's responsibility. The strength of AC Milan's team should have been able to compete with Fiorentina."

And Berlusconi also believes that the team's failure is entirely due to the team's head coach Carlo Ancelotti's tactical mistakes and not making full use of Ronaldinho's ability.

But people's thinking is obviously not like this. People's eyes are discerning. In a poll conducted by "Gazzetta dello Sport", more than half of the people believed that Berlusconi's bombardment of the team's head coach will destroy the current season. It is unreasonable to blame Ancelotti for AC Milan's loss of the Serie A title.

It is generally believed that AC Milan's current team configuration does not have the ability to compete with Fiorentina, as Berlusconi claims.

In addition, with regard to Berlusconi's claim that "Ancelotti's tactical mistakes caused AC Milan to lose the championship", most of the respondents also chose to side with AC Milan's head coach, thinking that Ancelotti's tactics There is nothing wrong with the choice.

All in all, more than half of the fans disagreed with the club owner in the case of Lao Bei's bombardment of Ancelotti, and chose to stand on the side of the head coach. For Italy, whose support rate has continued to decline in political polls in recent days For the Prime Minister and the owner of AC Milan, this result is undoubtedly a leak in the house and it rains overnight.

In fact, Berlusconi opened his mouth without any taboos, not only attacking Ancelotti, but also very different from Galliani's consistent explanation for the team's loss this season, because Galliani has always said that it caused ac One of the main reasons for the point gap between Milan and Fiorentina is that the team has too many injuries and the lineup is not complete, and it has never said anything about the wrong tactics of the team or the wrong decision-making of the head coach.

So, intentional or not, Berlusconi's remarks actually killed two birds with one stone, and it's clear that Berlusconi, while fully aware of the owners' intentions not to invest too much in the team, The nonsense incident, the parties still chose to avoid talking about it tacitly, but continued to work on making arrangements for the club plan for next season.

But despite this, many people still can't help asking Berlusconi why he directly fired at Ancelotti in such a way, because after all, the relationship between the two people has always maintained a superficially peaceful relationship , In the eyes of the fans, Berlusconi has no reason to do such a thing.

However, "Gazzetta dello Sport" has pointed out that, in fact, Berlusconi not only has a good reason, this reason even has a real name, that is Ronaldinho.

Berlusconi was actually blaming Ancelotti for always sending Ronaldinho to the bench instead of getting the most out of the Brazilian, whom he considered a valuable asset to the club, as he wished value.

As we all know, Ronaldinho has always been the favorite of Berlusconi. After chasing the Brazilian for many years, Berlusconi finally let Ronaldinho appear in Milanello as he wished in the summer of 2008. .

In fact, Ancelotti never felt the absolute necessity of introducing Ronaldinho, not to mention that in the summer of 2008, what the team really needed was not Ronaldinho, but a A strong centre-back.

Therefore, "Gazzetta dello Sport" pointed out that Ancelotti's real mistake was not that he did not use Ronaldinho too much after that, but that he should not have compromised with Berlusconi in the first place and accepted the introduction of Ronaldinho. Erdinho let go of Yigao's decision.

Ancelotti tried to get Ronaldinho into the ball, but technically speaking, his attempts didn't pay off to the fullest.

In short, Ronaldinho doesn't like running, but walks more on the field. However, in Serie A, those who don't run can't win the championship.

The previous debate between Berlusconi and Ancelotti has always been about the use of Ronaldinho. Berlusconi believes that the partner of Kaka and Ronaldinho will be invincible. However, it turns out that this theoretically correct view does not actually work. When Ronaldinho played, because of his reduced space for movement, Kaka's contribution to the team was actually only Ronaldi Half of the time when Neo wasn't there.

When it was necessary to make a choice between the two, Ancelotti made a choice that any coach in the world would 100% make, pinning his hopes on Kaka, but Berlusconi obviously had a different opinion.

Because there is no space in AC Milan, the depressed Ronaldinho is likely to leave AC Milan after the end of this season, but for the Brazilian superstar who will return to Brazil to join Flamengo, or Sao Paulo It is rumored that Ronaldinho's brother, Assis, who is his agent, said that this is all nonsense, claiming that if Ronaldinho leaves AC Milan, he will only join other European teams and not Return to Brazil.

In an interview with Brazilian media, Assis said: "My brother will definitely not go back to Brazil like Ronaldo or Adriano. There is a possibility that he will play in a different team in Europe."

But ronaldinho's fate in ac milan is closely linked with team coach ancelotti, if ancelotti leaves the team at the end of this season, then ronaldinho may Will stay, and if Ancelotti stays, then Ronaldinho is likely to move to Manchester City, or some other European giants.

The Sao Paulo club also denied the possibility of the team accepting Ronaldinho before Assis issued a statement, because the superstar's pre-tax annual salary of 15 million euros is really beyond the Sao Paulo club's ability to afford.

Although after the bombardment, Berlusconi smacked his big mouth and denied all the bullshit he said, but the cracks have already appeared, just like AC Milan changed Kaka from not for sale to sellable.

Nowadays, the word "divorce" always surrounds Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi, the owner of AC Milan. On the one hand, the divorce incident with his wife Veronica is making a fuss, and on the other hand, he is in the Milan team. When he severely criticized "If Milan The league did not win, the responsibility is all on Ancelotti", when the marriage between Ancelotti and AC Milan was already on the red light.

Of course, using Ancelotti to distract Veronica's attention and influence, Berlusconi is probably playing public relations tactics, and Galliani also cooperated very well. Taiwan opera.

It's just that Berlusconi was too direct and harsh this time, and the media immediately exploded. Ancelotti hopes to stay in Milan to catch up with the record of AC Milan's legendary coach Rocco, and also hopes to make a difference in the Champions League again.

When the names of Allegri and Leonardo surfaced, Ancelotti immediately asked the club to renew his contract, but he got a negative answer. AC Milan must guarantee the league results before making a decision. To renew or not.

Ancelotti then began to find another way out and accepted Chelsea's nearly one-year negotiation request. Chelsea offered an annual salary of 7 million euros and a four-year contract. In fact, Ancelotti had signed the agreement in advance, but The condition is that Milan release, Chelsea and Milan have a very good relationship, everything is negotiable.

As a result, the names of Allegri, Leonardo and others were hyped up, and Ancelotti was very passive. However, with the efforts of Galliani, Ancelotti agreed that if the conditions are ripe, he is willing to renew his contract for a year. Year.

Ancelotti also said in an interview before that he was preparing plans for next season with Galliani. The good results in recent months have repaired many cracks. Both Ancelotti and AC Milan have seen the potential for continued cooperation. hope.

However, Berlusconi immediately attacked Ancelotti. Do you really want to give up Ancelotti completely?

So immediately after, Berlusconi began to pretend to be stupid, and began to appease his subordinates. Obviously, Berlusconi had a specific goal in addition to hoping to take the initiative in the contract renewal this time: Ronaldinho.

Ronaldinho has been out of the main force for more than three months. His brother and agent Assis said: "The possibility of transferring after the season is not ruled out."

Ancelotti is also unwilling to coexist with Ronaldinho and Kaka, while Berlusconi is looking forward to a more beautiful offense. This is the biggest difference between him and Ancelotti.

Berlusconi only tentatively played the game with Ancelotti this time, and Ancelotti remained silent. Seeing that Ancelotti has won support from Galliani to the locker room and more than 70% of the fans, Berlusconi will not continue to sing bad faces, and even publicly stated that he will take the initiative to renew his contract after securing the runner-up Require.

Although Ancelotti was angry, if he didn't have the determination to turn a deaf ear to Lao Bei's big mouth, how could he persist for more than seven years?

AC Milan is still looking forward to the great cause of revival in the midst of turmoil. The league still has to continue. While defeating Ascoli and continuing to advance towards the Italian Cup championship, Fiorentina followed closely in the 20th place in Serie A. Four rounds of 3:2 victory over Genoa, this game Beckham did not enter the starting list.

In the twelfth minute of the game, Genoa took the lead. Milito knocked across the front of the penalty area on the right side. After Marco Rossi got the ball, he volleyed the ball into the lower left corner.

Immediately after Genoa expanded its lead in the 38th minute, Mesto broke through two defenders and crossed into the penalty area. Paladino scored from the back, 2:0.

Two goals behind, so that the Fiorentina soldiers woke up like a dream. Three minutes later, Bocchetti kicked Digan in the penalty area. Viola also got a penalty. Mutu made a hit, 2:1.

In the 80th minute, Degan took a free kick at the front of the penalty area and was hit by Rubinho on the crossbar. However, Cavinaghi, who came off the bench, pushed a kick into the net. Fiorentina equalized the score 2:2.

When the game reached the third minute of stoppage time, Fiorentina's mad attack caused a melee on the edge of Genoa's penalty area. Beckham, who came off the bench, accidentally got the ball and pushed it into the net. 3:2, Fiorentina finished An incredible overtake.

Immediately afterwards, Fiorentina will also compete at home in the second round of the first round of the UEFA Champions League knockout round with Sporting Lisbon. The big victory in the first round basically made this game lose suspense.

Degan sat on the bench, and Beckham was the starter, as if to give Beckham a gift. Under the recommendation of the players, Beckham also wore the captain's armband of Fiorentina in this game.

In an interview before the game, Beckham was also very excited about the team's decision: "This is a great honor. Being able to become the captain of Fiorentina is like a dream to me."

Beckham, who wore the captain's armband, also showed his prowess in this game. In addition to scoring a free kick in the first half, he also assisted Kavinaji to score twice in the second half. After the game, Beckham Mu also rightfully was named the best player of the game.

"The captain's armband gave me strength. It was a strange feeling. The moment I stepped onto the pitch, I felt a huge responsibility on my shoulders. The result was perfect and we won."

Returning to the league, in the twenty-fifth round of Serie A, Fiorentina defeated Chievo 2:1 at home. In the thirteenth minute, Chievo took the lead. After a corner kick, Yepes nodded and ferried the ball. Renault faces Frey and pushes into the net.

Fiorentina did not equalize until the 73rd minute of the second half. Degan broke into the penalty area with the ball. After getting rid of Yepes, he shot the ball to the right of the goal, 1:1.

When the game was in stoppage time, Fiorentina had the last chance to attack. Digan broke through with the ball and knocked back. Mutu shot with his right foot from the front of the penalty area and hit the goalkeeper Sorrentino's leg into the net. 2:1, Fiorentina completed the second consecutive overtake.

In this round of the league, although AC Milan beat Cagliari 1-0, the topic and controversy brought about by the three-pointer made AC Milan coach Ancelotti scratch his head, and both internal and external troubles had to be dealt with.

Obviously, this unsightly victory made the fans dissatisfied. Unlike when Berlusconi criticized him before, the fans all sided with Ancelotti. During the process, he booed Ancelotti.

Although Ancelotti tried his best to control his emotions in the press conference after the game, he still expressed his dissatisfaction with the fans: "The fans are tired of always me on the coach's bench. I love Milan, just like the fans, I can accept their evaluation, I also understand that for more than seven years, seeing a face on the bench can also deepen their criticism, but I will not blame the fans now What are you guys, I know their booing is not for the substitution, but because of the point gap between us and Fiorentina. Now is a difficult period for us, but we will overcome the difficulties. Now we are facing the knockout round of the UEFA Cup. To win the title, against Werder Bremen at home, we really need the support of the fans."

Ancelotti took the initiative to ease the tense relationship with the fans, but what made people more concerned about Ancelotti's coaching position. Criticized by the boss Berlusconi, the big and small media began to hype the possibility of a coaching change.

When discussing An Shuai's successor, the media have been mentioning Leonardo's name. The Milan manager is indeed taking classes at the Corviciano Coaching Academy, but the succession is not realistic. Learning is real, but I will not be Ancelotti's successor at all, at least not now and in the near future, he is a great coach and we work well together."

But in fact, Ancelotti's coaching position is relatively stable, and Galliani is also very supportive of Ancelotti: "I emphasize again, we will move forward with Carlo, we have full trust in him, Leon Nadou? I hope he will become the Milan coach sooner or later, but not in the 2009/2010 season, now our team's goal is to enter the Champions League next season and win the UEFA Cup."

Galliani's words were impressive, but when it came to the UEFA Cup, his tone seemed sour, because Fiorentina and Inter Milan were going to face the UEFA Champions League next.

AC Milan is eager for revival, but they have to face the reality. In fact, last season, after AC Milan was kicked out of the UEFA Champions League by Fiorentina, who had already won the championship in advance, their proud dynasty had already collapsed.

Internal discord, the loss of core players, a huge financial deficit, and the Berlusconi family's unwillingness to continue to pay for AC Milan. These factors add up to the final conclusion that if you want to revive, it is completely illusory. A dynasty that has already collapsed can be used to be remembered, but if it is to be rebuilt, it is really difficult.