{"id":693408,"date":"2026-05-25T21:21:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T21:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/693408\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T21:21:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T21:21:11","slug":"ac-milan-fires-allegri-and-ceo-furlani-for-unequivocal-failure-of-a-season-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/693408\/","title":{"rendered":"AC Milan fires Allegri and CEO Furlani for \u2018unequivocal failure\u2019 of a season \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"

MILAN (AP) \u2014 AC Milan fired coach Massimiliano Allegri and CEO Giorgio Furlani on Monday after what it deemed \u201can unequivocal failure\u201d of a season.<\/p>\n

The team\u2019s U.S. owner, RedBird, cleaned house a day after Milan missed out on a Champions League berth by one point after blowing a 1-0 lead and losing at home to also-ran Cagliari 2-1. The Rossoneri were booed off the field by their own fans.<\/p>\n

Milan spent much of Serie A in the top two positions and fighting for the title but a run of only two wins in its last eight matches dropped it to fifth on Sunday, the last day of the season.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe final stretch was completely inconsistent with the performance up to that point, with last night\u2019s disappointing loss in the final game turning the season into an unequivocal failure,\u201d RedBird said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is now time for change and a comprehensive reorganization of football operations. Effective immediately, we are parting ways with CEO Giorgio Furlani, sporting director Igli Tare, head coach Massimiliano Allegri and technical director Geoffrey Moncada. We thank each one for their hard work and dedication to AC Milan during their respective tenures.\u201d<\/p>\n

RedBird kept only special adviser Zlatan Ibrahimovic.<\/p>\n

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Allegri returned to Milan last year tasked with taking the Rossoneri back to the Champions League after the team finished eighth in Serie A the previous season. Allegri oversaw 42 matches resulting in 22 victories, 10 draws and 10 defeats.<\/p>\n

RedBird managing partner Gerry Cardinale is now expected to work closely with Ibrahimovic to restructure the club, including choosing a coach, CEO and sporting director.<\/p>\n

\u201cFurther announcements regarding the next appointments will be made in due course \u2014 with the goal to be ready and well prepared for the next season,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n

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AP soccer: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/soccer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MILAN (AP) \u2014 AC Milan fired coach Massimiliano Allegri and CEO Giorgio Furlani on Monday after what it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":693409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-693408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=693408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/693409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}