{"id":850153,"date":"2026-09-16T20:22:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T20:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/850153\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T20:22:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T20:22:22","slug":"reports-james-fontanella-khan-to-join-milan-from-the-financial-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/850153\/","title":{"rendered":"Reports: James Fontanella-Khan to join Milan from the Financial Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AC Milan have announced a new key addition to their operational structure, according to a report: James Fontanella-Khan.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calcioefinanza.it\/2026\/09\/16\/gerry-cardinale-milan-nuovo-top-manager\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Calcio e Finanza<\/a>, Fontanella-Khan \u2013 who is currently US Finance Editor of the Financial Times \u2013 will leave the British financial newspaper after more than 20 years to join the Rossoneri club as chief corporate affairs officer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;\">&#13;<br \/>\n\tRead SempreMilan ad-free and get access to exclusive news. <a href=\"https:\/\/supporters.sempremilan.com\/?utm_source=sempremilan.com&amp;utm_medium=midarticle&amp;utm_campaign=default\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for a free trial!<\/a>&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>Breaker Media \u2013 a New York-based US publication specialising in media, business, and finance \u2013 reports that Fontanella-Khan will remain at the Financial Times until the end of October. Then, he\u2019ll begin his new experience alongside Milan owner and founder of RedBird Capital, Gerry Cardinale.<\/p>\n<p>Fontanella-Khan is \u2018expected to split his time between Milan and New York\u2019, taking on a role that will see him cover the club\u2019s corporate affairs at a particularly crucial stage for the American ownership\u2019s plans. For example, it is reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/sempremilan.com\/cardinale-wants-head-of-football-milan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a \u2018Head of Football\u2019 is also being sought<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The journalist is a leading figure in the international financial reporting landscape. In April 2025, he was promoted to US Finance Editor by the FT, responsible for coverage of major Wall Street groups, as well as private equity, asset management, and hedge funds.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/cardinale-casa-milan.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-341534 has-webp\" alt=\"Cardinale and Casa Milan\"   style=\"aspect-ratio:1200\/750;max-width:1200px\"\/>Photo by Valerio Pennicino\/Getty Images and Marco Luzzani\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Having joined the Financial Times in 2005, Fontanella-Khan has worked in London, Brussels, India and the United States, building a team dedicated to American finance and major corporate transactions in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>The future Milan director also has a personal connection to the world of football. Before embarking on a full-time career in journalism, he played as a goalkeeper in the youth academy of a Serie A club, an experience he gained between the late 1990s and the early 2000s.<\/p>\n<p>According to Breaker Media, in recent years Fontanella-Khan has also turned down professional offers from Politico and Semafor, now choosing to leave journalism and move directly to the other side of the desk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AC Milan have announced a new key addition to their operational structure, according to a report: James Fontanella-Khan.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":850154,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-850153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=850153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/850154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=850153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=850153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=850153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}