Massimiliano Allegri has been named as the new coach of AC Milan.The former Cagliari boss has signed a two-year contract at the San Siro and replaces Leonardo, who parted company with the club after only one season.Allegri, 42, has long been recognised as the Rossoneri's first choice to take over the reins.But the Serie A giants were forced to wait to complete a deal while he negotiated the termi
Rome, June 25 - Massimiliano Allegri was appointedAC Milan's new coach on Friday when the seven-time Europeanchampions announced the former Cagliari boss had signed atwo-year contract with them.The 42-year-old replaces former Brazil and Milanmidfielder Leonardo, who quit as manager after just one seasonwhen the club finished third in Serie A last term.Allegri's appointment had been on the cards s
Rome, May 14 - Coach Leonardo said he and AC Milanhad decided to go their separate ways on Friday, a day beforehis side's last Serie A game of the season against Juventus. We have decided together that it's time to end it, theBrazilian, who had no experience as a club coach before beingappointed Carlo Ancelotti's replacement last year, told a newsconference.The move had been expected after month
Rome, February 22 - After being sacked in DecemberPasquale Marino is back at Udinese as Serie A's 'benchmerry-go-round' took a fresh turn over the weekend.Marino came in for his pre-Christmas replacement Gianni DeBiasi, sacked after a 3-0 defeat at Genoa Saturday left Udinesefourth-last alongside Catania but having played one game more.Marino's first game in charge will be Wednesday's make-upmatc
It could be a case of ‘second time is the charm’ for Cagliari coach Massimiliano Allegri who narrowly missed out on taking the reins at Juventus last summer.The 42-year-old was in the frame to become the new Bianconeri boss before the Corso Galileo Ferraris directors opted to give the nod to Ciro Ferrara on a permanent basis.Their decision backfired as Ferrara has already been shown t
Milan, January 27 - Inter boss Jose' Mourinho onWednesday defended on-the-brink Juventus manager Ciro Ferrara,saying coaches who manage to get through a Serie A season are heroes .Speaking ahead of Thursday's Italian Cup quarter-finalagainst Juve, Mourinho said perhaps there's too much money in(Italian) soccer so clubs have enough money to pay for so manycoaches .He said that since he came to It
After watching his Cagliari outfit snatch another three points with a slender 1-0 victory over Bologna, coach Massimiliano Allegri insisted that the objective is to achieve Serie A survival despite the fact that his team sit just three points off the European slots. 'Today it was an important win for us and allowed us to move away from the warm area of the standings,' he declared to SkySport sho