It’s not a secret Paulo Fonseca is the next coach of Milan, who will take over Stefano Pioli. For several weeks, the agreement between the two parties was taken for granted, but the final announcement will come in the coming week.
Paulo Fonseca He has already publicly said goodbye to Lille, who in fact has even announced his successor: Bruno Genesio. Everything indicates, according to the Italian press, that the 51-year-old Portuguese coach will officially become Milan’s new coach on Wednesday or Thursday.
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In this way, the long journey that began last winter, when Milan began to appreciate a change on the bench, will end. Since then, many candidates have emerged. It even appeared that the Lombard club had presented an offer Julen Lopeteguibut the rejection caused by the news among the fans brought back the board, which decided on Paulo Fonseca after avoiding the option of another Portuguese, Sergio Conceicao, who just finished seven seasons in charge at Porto.
In addition to Lille, Paulo Fonseca, 51, coached Porto, Braga, Shakhtar Donetsk and Roma.
Milan are already working with Paulo Fonseca in the ‘mercato’ and could be the first reinforcement Joshua Zirkzee. The young Dutch forward was one of the great revelations of Serie A 2023-2024 at 23 years old and was a key part of his 11 goals in Bologna’s victory. Thiago Mottafifth in the final table and qualified for the first time to play in the Champions League.
Milan bet big on Zirkzee and is willing to pay 40 million euros of the termination clause of his contract in Bologna.
Source: La Verdad
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