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Igli Tare was expected to help AC Milan going forwards, but the Albanian has already got some doubters after some pre-match comments.
There are things said in public and there are things that remain behind closed doors. Out of respect, players’ future is a behind-closed-doors thing until the final stages. This goes for all parties, in an ideal world. However, this has not been the case.
Milan did not do this with Ardon Jashari; Igli Tare and Paolo Scaroni both made comments to the media about Jashari’s desire to join. Eventually, he did, but it looks poor from the outside, giving an unprofessional feel to things. It helped, but it doesn’t reflect well.
Does it help?
Now, Tare has again done some damage with the media, it seems, showing Gimenez the door effectively, with all the eyes already on the Mexican. It just isn’t a good look, and Alfredo Pedulla criticised the sporting director for his choices to Sportitalia, via MilanNews.
“With any intellectual honesty, he made some statements that I found horrible. Gimenez would have played five minutes later, and also out of respect for the boy who goes on the pitch. He says, ‘We want a swap with Dovbyk.’ If you turn 10 meters away, your starting centre forward is just about to take the field.
“So, for me, it’s something I honestly can’t understand, even with regards to a professional you spent—maybe Tare wasn’t there—32 million. The swap is a difficult one. Milan wants him, but I don’t think Gimenez is willing, and then you also have to go through the will of the whole Roma team. Milan wants to take Dovbyk.
“He denied the idea that it could be anything more than a swap, so he’s put things in order from this point of view. But now I’d like to be in Gimenez’s shoes, who was completely dumped by Milan, so I think you have to get another striker. I believe in the trust that Milan already had in him, which was already evident at the very least. Gimenez, now we are below zero.”
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