Managers to replace Allegri at Milan

Now that AC Milan have guaranteed they will play Champions League football again this season, things are looking a lot brighter for the Rossoneri after a disastrous start to the campaign following the departures of several key players last summer. But in spite of leading the club to the Promised Land, there is no guarantee that manager Massimiliano Allegri will be around to lead them in Europe next season.

President Silvio Berlusconi has already signaled his intention of the club going in a different direction and has laid into the manager, much to the chagrin of Milan fans and players. But since he has come out in criticism of the manager, it is almost certain that Allegri will be leaving the club for greener pastures. 

So, here is a look at some managers who can turn the fortunes around for the Italian giants:

Marcelo Bielsa: This would be the ideal scenario for any football fan.

A volatile club owner handing the reins over to an equally volatile manager might just create some fireworks that are rare in Italy these days. But jokes aside, the Argentine is perhaps one man who could get the struggling Milan side to light up the San Siro once again and it is not unknown that he desires a coaching role at a Champions League club.

He has struggled at Athletic Bilbao this season after losing several key players but that doesn’t take away the fact that he is a brilliant manager and is one man who could turn any club around.

Frank de Boer: Since he took over as the manager at Ajax Amsterdam, the club has completed a hat-trick of domestic league titles.

It is no mean feat even in a league such as the Eredivisie but what will definitely irk him is the fact that key players continue to leave the club at the end of each season and he has to bring in players from the academy to start from scratch again.

Toby Alderweireld has gone to Roma now and Christian Eriksen is a certainty to leave. So, this might be the time for him to leave the club and sample the taste of another historical institution that is better at holding on to its players.

The former Dutch international has learnt a lot from the attacking style deployed by Pep Guardiola at Barcelona and he could bring in a new brand of football at the San Siro.

Diego Simeone: The former Argentine international has been a revelation as a manager at Atletico Madrid. He worked wonders at a club that was struggling for stability and led them to the Copa del Rey title triumph against bitter rivals Real Madrid.

Radamel Falcao is set to leave this summer for Monaco and Simeone knows any player he brings to the Vicente Calderon will end up leaving soon after they catch fire.

The controversial Argentine has shown enough nous as a manager and maybe now is the time that he takes charge of a bigger club.

Tite: Many football fans wouldn’t have heard of Tite but those who followed the FIFA Club World Cup last year will know Tite as the man in charge of Corinthians.

He led the club to victory over Chelsea and his man management skills are regularly lauded as some of the best in the game.

He has been a manager since the 1990s but he has never managed a club outside his native and it would be fantastic to see him take charge of one of Europe’s biggest football institutions.

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