Paulo Fonseca new Milan coach, Ibrahimovic: “He is the right man, we believe in him”. Three-year contract for the Portuguese coach
Paulo Fonseca he is the new coach of Milan. The official confirmation comes in a press conference from Zlatan Ibrahimovic, senior advisor at RedBird. For the 51 year old Portuguese coach it will be the second experience in Italy after the two-year period at Roma (2019-21), which ended with a fifth and seventh place. Before arriving in the Giallorossi, Fonseca had led, among others, the Pacos Ferreira obtaining a surprise third place finish in the 2012-13 season. A result that earned him a call from Porto, only to be sacked after a few months. Having relaunched himself at Braga, with whom he won the national cup, he will lead them for three years Shakthar Donetsk, achieving the championship-cup pairing in each season. After Roma, the adventure in Ligue 1 with Lille, fifth place in the first season and fourth in the one that has just ended with qualification for the preliminaries of Champions. Now the task of collecting Stefano Pioli’s legacy.
“We studied well what we wanted, what we were looking for and we chose Paulo to bring his identity. We want the team to play a dominant, offensive game, and after 5 years we want to bring something new to the players and to San Siro. We studied how Fonseca playing his teams, how he prepares the matches, he is the right man: we are very confident and believe in it a lot“said Ibrahimovic. Who also wanted to thank Pegs “for what he did for Milan on behalf of the owners, the club and on my part. What he did for Milan remains in history”. After Ibrahimovic’s announcement in the press conference, the statement from Milan also arrived, which “entrusted the technical management of the men’s first team to Paulo Fonseca“. For the Portuguese coach three-year contract.
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