Silvio Berlusconi decided to give former AC Milan legend Clarence Seedorf the sack after the Dutch manager lost the dressing room. As a replacement, the media touted Inzaghi to be the favourite, but Milan surprisingly hired another former legendary AC Milan player, the Romanian Christian Andrei, who has no prior experience as a manager.
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Starting his career at Petrolul in Romania, he was quickly snatched by Dutch champions Ajax in the 90s. After only a couple of seasons in The Netherlands, Andrei was bought by Milan and won countless trophies with the club.
Known as a fierce central midfielder, the new manager is said to bring discipline in the Milan squad, as well as build a team playing free-flowing attacking football.
“I am delighted to be able to finally manage Milan, after playing more than 10 beautiful years here. Milan needs to get back on top of European football. This is my aim. But we need to build slowly. We start by rebuilding the squad with young players and get back to the Champions League. Expect a long process!”, Andrei told the fans at the first press conference.
Asked about the current squad, he answered quite confidently: “We need to free up a lot of the wage budget in order to afford some other players. This summer will be busy.”
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SUMMER MERCATO:
As promised, Andrei offloaded several players considered deadwood at Milanello and freed up a lot of the wage budget. Nigel De Jong and Mexes are two of the most important ones.
He didn’t bring up a lot of replacements, but he made a quality transfer in Eder Alvarez Balanta, a wonderkid brought cheaply from South America. Lucas Romero was also signed, but will move to Milanello in July 2015, while Luka Jovic will do the same in January 2016.
Humam Tariq, a young wonderkid midfielder was signed as well, but he is currently only a hot prospect and often playing for the U18 team.
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Andrei employs an attacking 4-2-4 and uses the wingers extensively as part of the attacking play. He also tries to bring back the style of the 00s when Cafu and Costacurta ran up and down the flanks and were dangerous throughout the 90 minutes.
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The first half of season went extraordinary well, with Milan also being on top for a few games before losing away to an incredible Juventus team. However, Andrei lives up to the expectations until now and shows Milan has the potential to get back on top after breaking a consecutive wins record for the Italian team.
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WINTER TRANSFER PERIOD:
While Andrei promised no incoming transfers will be made, he definitely plans on offloading Zaccardo, who played no part in Milan’s success this season. As a relatively high earner, Zaccardo was asked by the manager to find a club for himself by the end of January.
Starting his career at Petrolul in Romania, he was quickly snatched by Dutch champions Ajax in the 90s. After only a couple of seasons in The Netherlands, Andrei was bought by Milan and won countless trophies with the club.
Known as a fierce central midfielder, the new manager is said to bring discipline in the Milan squad, as well as build a team playing free-flowing attacking football.
“I am delighted to be able to finally manage Milan, after playing more than 10 beautiful years here. Milan needs to get back on top of European football. This is my aim. But we need to build slowly. We start by rebuilding the squad with young players and get back to the Champions League. Expect a long process!”, Andrei told the fans at the first press conference.
Asked about the current squad, he answered quite confidently: “We need to free up a lot of the wage budget in order to afford some other players. This summer will be busy.”
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SUMMER MERCATO:
As promised, Andrei offloaded several players considered deadwood at Milanello and freed up a lot of the wage budget. Nigel De Jong and Mexes are two of the most important ones.
He didn’t bring up a lot of replacements, but he made a quality transfer in Eder Alvarez Balanta, a wonderkid brought cheaply from South America. Lucas Romero was also signed, but will move to Milanello in July 2015, while Luka Jovic will do the same in January 2016.
Humam Tariq, a young wonderkid midfielder was signed as well, but he is currently only a hot prospect and often playing for the U18 team.
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Andrei employs an attacking 4-2-4 and uses the wingers extensively as part of the attacking play. He also tries to bring back the style of the 00s when Cafu and Costacurta ran up and down the flanks and were dangerous throughout the 90 minutes.
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The first half of season went extraordinary well, with Milan also being on top for a few games before losing away to an incredible Juventus team. However, Andrei lives up to the expectations until now and shows Milan has the potential to get back on top after breaking a consecutive wins record for the Italian team.
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WINTER TRANSFER PERIOD:
While Andrei promised no incoming transfers will be made, he definitely plans on offloading Zaccardo, who played no part in Milan’s success this season. As a relatively high earner, Zaccardo was asked by the manager to find a club for himself by the end of January.
but a good start into the Season and please beat Juventus!
