Massimo Ambrosini left AC Milan at the end of the 2012-23 season after spending 18 years at the club. In a recent interview, he revealed that he was more or less forced out of the club.
Ambrosini was the captain of the Rossoneri in the 2012-13 season and made a total of 25 appearances. At the end of the season, his contract expired and Milan decided not to renew it, which promoted his move to Fiorentina.
Speaking to Radio Serie A, as cited by MilanNews, Ambrosini revealed that he never expected to leave the Rossoneri after that season. He wanted to stay and reach 500 appearances, being just eight away at 492.
“They told me about the exit in two moments. We had just won against Siena and we had qualified for the Champions League. The next day I went on holiday and Galliani called. For me, it was inconceivable that I would leave Milan. Then he told me that Cristante was going to play more.
“After two weeks of yes and no, I was on the seaside in Pesaro and I received the call from Galliani who told me “Look Massimo…”. I was very sad, I finished with 492 appearances and my dream was to reach 500, I couldn’t see myself anywhere else,” he stated.
Ambrosini retired after the 2013-14 season and currently, he works as a pundit for DAZN. Regardless of how his journey at the club came to an end, he will always be an important player in the history of Milan (12 major honours, including two UCLs and four Scudetti).
Sad… He represents the club 🏆
The article doesn’t mention who preferred freaking Cristante… Could it be the same guy who thought Pirlo was past it?
And I heard someone saying they prefer that son of $itch over Pioli.
Some people on here cry about how if we’d only kept Cristante, and De Sciglio, and Cutrone, etc., how we’d be a top team right now.
Who knows on what salary he was at that time. Maybe not giving him another year was the right call.
But the management did everything wrong at that time so who knows… with lord max as the coach. Makes me shiver
The irony is that supposedly Allegri pushed Pirlo out, but then he went to Juventus and ended up winning 3 more scudetti with Pirlo in the heart of his midflield. Something doesn’t square. My guess is that the truth is that Berlusconi/Galliani pushed these players out not wanting to play them. The worst part about it is that if they had pivoted to relying on our Primavera earlier, they might have been able to hold on to the club and restart with a new project based on 2-3 senatori like Pirlo and Ambro surrounded by talented youth that were coming up through the youth system. Ultimately they did neither, getting rid of all of the veterans, letting talented youth leave for peanuts and instead signing expensive flop free agents that did nothing to improve sporting results or even the bottom line. That was the definition of the Banter Era. Then there was the Yonghong Li stick that broke the camel’s back, and the rest we know.
Edit: not wanting to *pay* them.
Max was an idiot. These were quality players. Older but still quality. The transition was very poor and they had no proper plan for the future.
So they signed old “stars” in hope of reviving them. Paying hefty salaries to them ofc.
The players who made a difference (ibra, thiago silva) were sold. And they bought 💩 with that.
#Shivers