The billionaires in Dubai were never going to be satisfied with just the Barclays Premier League. Hence, comes along a story that the ruler of Dubai now wants to buy a 40% stake at Italian giants AC Milan. The report adds the deal includes an option for the Dubai ruler to buy the rest of Milan within two years.
This bit of news comes after the club's general manager, Adriano Galliani, admitted it will hard for Milan to turn down offers for Kaka and Pato as the Italian giants no longer commands the kind of financial power it did in the 90s.
As such, one can see why Milan would be tempted to go for a deal with the Dubai rulers. Still, I can see a big stumbling block to the deal in the form of Silvio Berlusconi.
Meanwhile, Real Madrid have hired Manuel Pellegrini to bring back the good times to the Bernabeu. Pellegrini was formerly the head coach at Villareal who finished fifth in the La Liga last season.
The fact that Madrid opted for him instead of a high-profile name speaks volumes on the direction the club intends to move towards. But is Pellegrini the right man for the job should Real's new president Florinto Perez have his way and restart the failed Galacticos programme? If Kaka, Ribery and co show up, will Pellegrini be able to keep all those egos in check?
Madrid will probably flop next season, until they get Jose when his contract expires.
ReplyDeletePellegrini is a surprise hire but then Real probably need to hire a 'small-name' coach to reduce the monthly salary payments they have to make to him when he gets fired!
ReplyDeleteitalian football is a bunch of pretty boys walking around the pitch for 90 minutes
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