Overview
- AC Milan began an intensive search after Massimiliano Allegri’s dismissal and the owner Gerry Cardinale and advisor Zlatan Ibrahimovic have personally led interviews and meetings with candidates.
- Oliver Glasner met the club in Germany for a six-hour face-to-face discussion and is interested but has not reached a deal.
- Ralf Rangnick has been heavily sounded out for a technical-director role but has demanded near-total control over sporting appointments and structures, a condition that is unresolved and complicated by his Austria national team commitments in the United States.
- Zlatan Ibrahimovic favors Arne Slot as coach and Ramon Planes for sporting director, while other options such as Matthias Jaissle face major contractual exit costs from Al-Ahli and Mauricio Pochettino is tied up with World Cup duties.
- RedBird has used head-hunters to compile shortlists, the original 7–10 day timeline for a reorganisation has slipped, and operational delegations have been shifted to Tommaso Calvelli pending final decisions.