“It's an important day for all Milan fans: we have a great responsibility on our shoulders. We have a duty to bring Milan to the top". These are the words of Yonghong Li in his first press conference as president of Milan. The Chinese has officially replaced Silvio Berlusconi (largely absent from today's meeting with the press) thanks to the long-awaited closing of the purchase of the Rossoneri club.
The operation is officially completed today and "this glorious club thus begins a new chapter - continued Yonghong Li - The success of this transaction was made possible thanks to the love of the Milan fans, but above all I thank Berlusconi and Fininvest for their trust placed in us. Milan is a top club in the world, with 118 years of glorious history. In the last 30 years it has achieved countless successes: 8 championships, 5 Champions Cups and 7 Italian Super Cups. All the stars who have been to this club and its successes make that every fan expects the club to return to the top of Europe".
As for the future CEO, Marco Fassone, "we have faith in him and we think he's the best candidate to lead the club - Yonghong Li said again - We have delegated to him the task of developing Milan's work for the future. We believe in him, with his guidance the management of Milan will achieve better results, to be competitive in the world. But the whole Council is made up of professionals from the football and financial sectors. We are a stable and highly efficient team”. The new president then concluded with a "Forza Milan!" in Italian.
on your part, Fassone he began by thanking Barbara Berlusconi (who remains president of the Milan Foundation) and Adriano Galliani: “They helped me – said the manager – In these 8 months they could have had a very different attitude, instead they gave me their availability. Berlusconi, in addition to all the talents he has, is a great communicator and last night he conveyed his love and his pain in leaving Milan. I think he could perceive from our property that he is not here for a business reason, but that we will try to take care of his creature with affection, which he has deposited in the right hands ”.
From the point of view of football, one of the issues that keeps the Rossoneri fans in suspense the most is the contract renewal of the baby goalkeeper Gigio Donnarumma: “It's our priority – assured Fassone – We also talked about it with the president. We want to resolve this quickly and make Gigio a pillar of the future. The budget for the future will be important: the goal is to rebuild an ambitious Milan and I will have the financial resources to do so. It was an acquisition of over a billion, from 740 million euros plus 100 million for management for the year. The level of debt is very low compared to other clubs and compared to 30 June 2016".
Even for contracts The Sciglio e Suso “The operational part begins tomorrow and some agents will be contacted – explained the new CEO – I will have a tight schedule and it is important that there are AC Milan flags next to us, so I will have a chat with Franco Baresi and Filippo Galli. We want to arrive at the beginning of next season with the organization set up”.
As for the future of the current AC Milan coach, Vincenzo Montella, "he has all our esteem and our appreciation - continued Fassone - In June of last year he was appreciated by us, today we confirm total and full support and support for Montella".
Finally, the chapter owned stadium: "We all want Milan to be able to play in a stadium with important characteristics, the decision will be made after speaking with the Municipality and Inter," concluded the manager.
