AC Milan are seeking new leadership after mass sacking, including a new coach, CEO, sporting director, and technical director. Ralf Rangnick, currently Austria coach, is a leading candidate for the technical director role. A call involving Rangnick, Gerry Cardinale, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, and Massimo Calvelli went well, with Rangnick expressing openness to a move. Rangnick set specific conditions, wanting to choose the coach, sporting director, head of scouting, coaching staff, head of the youth academy, and youth team coordinators and coaches. A follow-up conversation is expected early next week. Milan must act quickly because Rangnick is expected to leave for the United States for the World Cup with Austria. It is unclear whether Ibrahimovic will accept reduced decision-making power if Rangnick controls most football operations.
"A four-way call took place this week between Rangnick, Cardinale, Ibrahimovic and Calvelli. The call went well, and the former RB Leipzig and Manchester United player expressed his openness to a move to Milan, but he set very specific conditions."
"Rangnick wants to choose everything except the president and CEO. He therefore wants to decide the coach, the sporting director, the head of scouting and his staff, the head of the youth academy and even the co-ordinators and coaches of the youth teams."
"The German therefore wants carte blanche and maximum freedom to bring his philosophy to Milan. A new telephone conversation between the two sides is expected at the beginning of next week, with Cardinale and co. now reflecting."
"If Milan wants to take a chance on him, they'll have to hurry because Ragnick will leave for the United States soon, where he'll be at the World Cup with Austria. It remains to be seen whether Ibrahimovic will be willing to step back after having regained power in recent days, given that Rangnick would ultimately be making all the decisions and not the Swede."
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