The manager must perform quickly and must live up to great expectations, which puts him under a lot of strain.
AC Milan has revealed the new head coach of the team on their website. After Stefano Pioli led Milan for five years, Paulo Fonseca takes over. After two Ligue 1 seasons with LOSC Lille, where they finished fifth and fourth, respectively, the Portuguese manager takes over.
Although some sources describe it as a two-year contract with a third-year option, akin to Pioli’s initial agreement, the club claims he has signed a three-year contract.
According to Fabrizio Romano, Fonseca is expected to receive 2.5 million euros. He will make 1.5 million less than Pioli did, according to prior wage reports, saving the club money.
Fonseca managed AS Roma for two seasons between 2019 and 2021, giving him experience in Serie A. Roma placed fifth and seventh.
They also appeared in the Europa League semifinals. Together with Shakhtar Donetsk, Fonseca has won three titles in the Ukrainian Premier League and Cup.
Due to a lack of defensive coherence, Fonseca is frequently exposed as an offensive coach. The assault will probably thrive under him, but it begs the issue of whether he can win regularly and sustainably in Italy, where an all-out approach eventually wears thin as defenders learn your pattern.
Since he is a 4-2-3-1 player, the Rossoneri will be accustomed to the previous season’s appearance. However, it begs the questions of what the holding midfielders should be doing—defensive or free-flowing—and where Pulisic should be positioned as the attacking midfielder to allow Chukwueze to start on the right and Leao on the left. His lead strikers are very mobile, and his CAM typically plays the role of a second striker.
Although Pioli has conceded 282 goals in 240 games (1.175) across all competitions, his team has conceded 98 goals in 90 games (1.08) with Lille and 141 goals in 102 games (1.38) with Roma. Therefore, the expectation is fairly similar, but execution will be crucial considering the previous four Scudetto winners have conceded fewer than one goal per game in the 38 games. Strengthening the defense must be the top focus because it was the obvious weakness from the last campaign, even though the assault performed reasonably well.
