Milan patron Gerry Cardinale assured coach Stefano Pioli and the squad for the start of pre-season training. ‘Count on me and my team, we are counting on you and our fantastic fans.’
The American businessman is the chief of RedBird, who purchased the majority shares from Elliott Management in August 2022 at a cost of €1.2 billion.
He caused controversy by sacking Rossoneri legend Paolo Maldini and his fellow director Frederic Massara, then selling Sandro Tonali to Newcastle United.
“I want to send my best wishes to you, Stefano, and to the team for the start of the new season,” said Cardinale in his speech at the Milanello training ground where work began today.
“I want you to know that I am working tirelessly to ensure you are built for success. I want to win everything and we cannot do that if we don’t have a project to build on. Count on me and my team. We are counting on you, on our players and the support of our fantastic fans.
“Thank you, my friend.”
translation : count on me to make profit with selling star players and buying cheap young players then sell it for profit, if we won something that the bonus but not priority.