Massimiliano Mirabelli claims Gennaro Gattuso was "told who to pick" by the Milan hierarchy, who spent big knowing the FFP punishment would come.

In an interview with TeleLombardia, the former sporting director is defending his decision to appoint Gattuso as the head coach for the Rossoneri, revealing that the owners wanted PSG coach Thomas Tuchel.

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Suso asked fans to “trust” both he and Milan will show their best once more after a troubled few months. “Mediocrity is unacceptable at a club like this.”

The Rossoneri visit Juventus on Sunday at 19.45 GMT, click here for a match preview.

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Udinese are taking 24 hours to consider coach Igor Tudor’s position after back-to-back embarrassing defeats to Atalanta and Roma, with Gennaro Gattuso the favourite.

The 7-1 loss to Atalanta on Sunday evening was shocking, but partially excused by the fact they were down to 10 men for an hour.

However, on Wednesday night they incredibly lost 4-0 at home against a Roma side that had Federico Fazio very harshly sent off just 32 minutes in.

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Gennaro Gattuso is reportedly back on Lazio’s radar as Simone Inzaghi finds himself under pressure.

Lazio fell to already their fourth defeat of the season last night, losing 2-1 to Celtic in the Europa League.

Now, Tuttomercatoweb is reporting Inzaghi has the eyes of the club’s board on him like never before.

The website adds Gattuso “would appear” to be the prime candidate to replace the 43-year-old.

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Andrea Bertolacci has argued that his failure to play in Serie A for Milan last season was “more a choice of the club” and not Gennaro Gattuso.

Milan splashed out €20m on Bertolacci in the summer of 2015, but the midfielder failed to make any League appearances in the past campaign-and-a-half under Gattuso and recently signed for Sampdoria.

“I knew before signing that I could cross paths with Gattuso again, but I would’ve had no problem with him,” the 28-year-old told Il Secolo XIX.

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Gennaro Gattuso asked Milan to sign Franck Ribery as a free agent, it’s claimed, but the club said no, and he joined Fiorentina.

Ribery has made a strong impact in Serie A, as the 36-year-old scored two goals and provided one assist in seven games for the Viola.

“I still don’t understand why Milan took this long path round with Marco Giampaolo only to then get Stefano Pioli,” former player Massimo Brambati told TMW Radio.

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Sandro Tonali shook off the emotion of his Italy debut after just 30 seconds and the Brescia midfielder described himself as a mixture of Andrea Pirlo and Gennaro Gattuso.

The 19-year-old came off the bench in this evening’s 5-0 victory against Liechtenstein.

“I felt wonderful, as not everyone gets to play for the Nazionale. After 30 seconds where I was a little emotional that it was really happening, I settled down,” the Brescia midfielder told Rai Sport.

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Former Milan director Umberto Gandini maintains Marco Giampaolo “put himself on the chopping block” and reveals he warned Ivan Gazidis.

The club has been struggling in recent months, as they pulled out of the Europa League to wipe the Financial Fair Play slate clean, then sacked Marco Giampaolo after seven games to bring in Stefano Pioli.

“I believe Pioli arrives at the right moment and it’s impossible not to agree with Zvonimir Boban when he says this was a carefully pondered decision,” Gandini told Radio 24.

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Beppe Iachini confirmed he’d be “very happy to return to Sampdoria,” as he is the only remaining candidate along with Gianni De Biasi following Gennaro Gattuso’s refusal.

Samp parted company with Eusebio Di Francesco this week, terminating his contract by mutual consent after just seven Serie A games, six of which were defeats.

President Massimo Ferrero has seen several choices turn him down, including Stefano Pioli and most recently Gattuso.

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Gennaro Gattuso has reportedly turned down the Sampdoria job after talks with President Massimo Ferrero.

According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Sportitalia and more, Gattuso phoned Ferrero this afternoon to confirm he would not be accepting the role.

He had been offered a two-year contract and carte blanche on the transfer strategy.

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