So annoyed are AC Milan fans with their terrible season, they sent the most stunning of messages to their American owners.
Supporters created an astonishing human tifo which read ‘GO HOME’ during the season finale at San Siro.
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The final match of the campaign brought a 2-0 Serie A win over Monza, but Milan stay seventh in the table, and could still sink to eighth should Fiorentina beat Udinese.
Milan have certainly had worse seasons recently, including a tenth-place trophyless campaign in 2015, but the sheer disarray from American investors RedBird has left fans at the end of their tether.
Next season will be their first without European football since 2015/16 on sporting merit, with their 2019/20 qualification stripped due to Financial Fair Play breaches.
Seven-time Champions League winners, Milan were unable to even book a Conference League spot via Serie A, and then missed out on the Europa League by losing the Coppa Italia final to Bologna.
They did so under former long-time Porto manager Sergio Conceicao, who arrived at the turn of the year and achieved instant success with the Italian Super Cup.
Yet the good times quickly dried up as some terrible transfer spending came home to roost.
With a lack of leadership at board level, RedBird advisor and club legend Zlatan Ibrahimovic appeared to elect himself as de-facto sporting director, spending close to £100million in the summer window.
Players like Alvaro Morata, Emerson Royal and Strahinja Pavlovic all flopped, as did his decisions in the dugout.
The Swede called time on Stefano Pioli and a deal was agreed with former Wolves and West Ham manager Julen Lopetegui, only for a fan petition and public protests to derail his signing.
Paulo Fonseca then joined instead, but left in December after a typically sweary touchline outburst.
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Ibrahimovic then had to undo his terrible summer window with a big January, but it was just as bad, with high earners Joao Felix and Kyle Walker also flopping.
Conceicao managed to direct the team into the Champions League knockout round play-offs, but a shock defeat to Feyenoord was the beginning of the end.
The fiery Portuguese constantly clashed with the media, and even his own captain Davide Calabria on the pitch.
Conceicao was suspended for the finale, and didn’t even turn up to his last press conference of the season, sending assistant Joao Costa ahead of a certain departure in the coming days.
And all of this is made worse with their fiercest rivals – Inter – still to play in the Champions League final against Paris Saint-Germain.
RedBird took over in 2022, but have lacked leadership with numerous other projects, including shares in Liverpool, and Formula 1 team Alpine alongside huge names like Ryan Reynolds, Rory McIlroy and Anthony Joshua.
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They finally seemed to stand up and took notice in March when Ibrahimovic disappeared after an interview with GQ Magazine dropped during a torrid run of form.
Now it’s up to CEO Giorgio Furlani to replace him with and guide Milan back to normality, otherwise RedBird will face further fan backlash.
