Former Milan CEO Adriano Galliani explains why he was always confident new Juventus boss Andrea Pirlo would become a coach, unlike Ronaldinho, who ‘didn’t even care who we were playing.’

Pirlo has been appointed as the head coach at Juventus, despite having zero managerial experience and not even getting his full coaching badges yet.

“He was already a coach when he was playing,” Galliani told the Corriere dello Sport.

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Monza CEO Adriano Galliani has revealed he met with Zlatan Ibrahimovic ‘last week’ but insists the Serie B side won’t be able to sign the veteran.

The Swede returned to Milan in January and helped turn the Diavolo’s season around, but he has yet to extend with the Rossoneri and the 38-year-old’s future is being widely discussed in Italian media.

Monza were promoted to Serie B and the former Milan CEO Galliani spoke of Ibra to Binario Sport.

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic has revealed that he could join Monza if he wanted the old Milan. ‘Adriano Galliani called me and said they were 11km away.‘

Galliani brought Ibrahimovic to Milan back in the summer of 2010 and, whereas the striker has since returned to San Siro, the CEO is now at nearby Monza with Silvio Berlusconi. 

“Galliani called me and said: ‘You said this isn’t your AC Milan. Your old AC Milan are 11km away from Milan’,” he told Gazzetta dello Sport.

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CEO Adriano Galliani reiterates the wish to bring Monza to Serie A on first try: “We are not afraid to declare our target of promotion.”

President Silvio Berlusconi brought his former right-hand man Adriano Galliani with him when he bought Monza and the chief executive has revealed the new ownership turned things around in his hometown.

“When we came here, it was a total disaster,” he told El Pais. “We couldn’t play in our stadium, the training centre was in a disastrous condition.

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Former Milan CEO Adriano Galliani applauded Napoli coach Gennaro Gattuso after the Coppa Italia triumph: “I celebrated almost like in Manchester.”

The Monza director was happy to have seen his former player pick up his first trophy in Italian football after Napoli beat Juventus on penalties to lift the Coppa Italia last night.

“Congratulations to Gattuso,” Galliani told Radio Kiss Kiss. “I’m happy for him.

“Last night, during the penalty shootout, I celebrated almost like I did in Manchester.”

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Silvio Berlusconi’s Monza clinched promotion to Serie B earlier this week, with a few familiar faces playing their part.

Monza were propped up to the second tier after Serie C was ended early, but they had long sewn up first place in Group A, building up a 16-point lead over Carrarese in their 27 fulfilled fixtures.

Berlusconi bought the Biancorossi in the summer of 2018, a year after he sold Milan, and invested heavily in new players by lower-league standards.

Therefore, the squad that were promoted to Serie B had a top-flight flavour...

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Monza CEO Adriano Galliani has claimed he wasn’t unfaithful to Milan when he moved back to help his former team win promotion.

The Biancorossi have climbed to the second tier of Italian football under Silvio Berlusconi’s ownership and Adriano Galliani followed the former Milan President back to where he started.

“There were some requests, but I won’t mention any names. Joining Monza was not a betrayal of Milan,” he told Sky Sport Italia. “Before going to Milan, I was at Monza and then I went back to the team of my city.

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Demetrio Albertini and Adriano Galliani reveal how Barcelona coach Johan Cruyff accidentally inspired Milan to a 4-0 Champions League victory in 1994.

The Rossoneri were the underdogs going into that Final in Athens, especially as they were missing both first choice centre-backs, Franco Baresi and Alessandro Costacurta.

“The joy we felt was immense,” former midfielder Albertini told the official Milan Instagram Live channel.

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Former CEO Adriano Galliani reveals Milan ‘tried everything’ to get Piotr Zielinski from Udinese in 2016, but he chose Napoli instead.

The Poland international midfielder eventually made the move to the Stadio San Paolo for €15.6m plus bonuses that summer.

“I do have a real regret and that is Zielinski,” Galliani told Il Messaggero Veneto newspaper.

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Monza CEO Adriano Galliani claims top clubs in Europe risk bankruptcy due to the lack of revenue during the forced break.

The former Milan chief executive is worried about the financial situation in European football and says football faces a ‘problem that’s not fully understood’.

“The accounts are blown up in the air because of the clubs’ debt and the loss of TV revenues” he told Telelombardia. “The situation is potentially dramatic.

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