GdS: Club rally around Conceicao while Fabregas and Tare wait – Milan’s planned revolution | OneFootball

The AC Milan management will get behind Sergio Conceicao until the end of the season, hoping for another trophy, but then it will be time for another revolution.

As La Gazzetta dello Sport (seen below) reports, Conceicao refuses to give up and the club intend to finish the current season with him. However, they are thinking more and more concretely about Igli Tare and Cesc Fabregas for next season.

Milan hope that, with qualification for the 2025-26 Champions League now gone, the team will at least be able to lift the Coppa Italia and reach the Europa League, which can still be achieved through a fifth-placed finish.

Exclusions and Milanello

Yesterday, on his day off, the former Porto coach showed up at the Rossoneri training complex. No rest for him, but hours of discussion and work with his collaborators.

They analysed the defeat against Lazio starting from the data of the individuals and the team, but they also shifted their attention to the match against Lecce when, it is obvious, there will be some big exclusions.

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Why? In the first half on Sunday, Milan certainly played at least one gear lower than the Biancocelesti, and after three defeats in a row in the league, it is inevitable to want a shake-up in terms of personnel and tactics.

Conceiçao does not resign himself to passively waiting for the end of the season and, as the great professional that he is, he does not accept leaving without having given more than 100%. He will ask the same of his men.

The goal must be to lift the Coppa Italia. Before the double derby in April with Inter, however, there are three other Serie A matches that will have to be faced with a different spirit. Last Saturday Conceicao announced that in this ‘full’ week without games, he would work on tactical variants.

The feeling is that he will try out a three-man defence (3-5-2 and 3-4-3) as well as a system he knows well (4-4-2). From today onwards the tests will start, with the hope of finally achieving the balance he has been crying out for.

Theo Hernandez and Rafael Leao are at risk of losing their starting spots in favour of players with a burning desire, like Riccardo Sottil and potentially Samuel Chukwueze, as well as of course Kyle Walker who against Lazio showed he is a leader.

The imminent revolution

After Sunday’s defeat, the managers did not speak in front of cameras and the media, but they spoke with Conceiçao, encouraging him. Today they will be at Milanello. They continue to have faith in the Portuguese because they see how he works and are sure that the team follows him.

As happened with the Supercoppa Italiana, they hope that this group will find some pride for the Coppa Italia. However, work is proceeding on next year’s Milan, which will have a new director in the technical area, who will join the current management.

Igli Tare is highly regarded for his ability to identify talent and ‘manage’ the dressing room. While waiting for the new round of interviews, Tare should be considered ahead of Fabio Paratici, who has however shown at Spurs that he can fit into a ‘working group’ like at Milan.

The new director will have a big say in the choice of the coach, but Cesc Fabregas is very intriguing for the football he wants to play and for how he built this year’s Como.

At this moment Cesc should be considered at the top of the wish list unless there is a sudden change to one of the top players not considered last summer. Above all: Maurizio Sarri and Max Allegri.