Massimiliano Allegri vowed Monday to rekindle AC Milan’s former glory as he returned as supervisor to the faltering Italian giants for a second spell.
The Rossoneri had turned to serial winner Allegri after the membership slumped to its worst league end in a decade — resulting in Sergio Conceicao’s axing after 5 depressing months in cost.
“The aim for this season is to return to the Champions League as a membership like AC Milan has to play in Europe,” Allegri advised reporters in Singapore, the place his crew will face Arsenal on Wednesday in a pre-season pleasant.
“That is the only goal for me from the get-go. These are the video games the crew lives for. We’re not going to look again, however we’re wanting ahead to the long run now,” added the 57-year-old Italian.
Milan ended the 202425 marketing campaign in eighth place — lacking out on European qualification — and fell quick within the Coppa Italia ultimate towards Bologna.
Within the aftermath, Allegri was introduced in to interchange Conceicao on the helm on the membership, which he beforehand managed from 2010 to 2014.
Allegri gained the Scudetto in his first season accountable for Milan — the membership’s first since 2004 — earlier than having fun with a dominant spell at Juventus, the place he clinched 5 straight Serie A titles.
“It has been greater than a decade since I first took cost of Milan. The scenario is clearly totally different now. Rather a lot has modified, not simply in Milan however on the earth of soccer,” he stated.
“However the general aim stays the identical, and that’s to get this membership again to the place it belongs, and that’s the Champions League,” stated Allegri.
He stated he’ll look to the current signing of Luka Modric from Actual Madrid to revive Milan’s standing amongst Europe’s elite, the place they’re the seven-time European champions.
At 39, the 2018 Ballon d’Or winner nonetheless has a lot to supply, and Allegri will likely be relying on his wealth of expertise and management to encourage the crew.
“Modric is a confirmed champion who doesn’t want any introduction. He’s a task mannequin not solely from the self-discipline however technical perspective,” stated Allegri.
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