Giorgio Furlani winks at Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Giorgio Furlani winks at Zlatan Ibrahimovic

AC Milan CEO Giorgio Furlani gave an interview to Radio Serie A with Rds: "We try not to get too excited, what counts is the project and the trend in the medium and long term. As a professional and a fan, a match like this on Champions nights è particularly pleasant and important, I hope it draws a line. È it was a victory against one of the strongest, richest teams in Europe: to have won makes us particularly happy".

So he winked at Zlatan Ibrahimovic: "Zlatan Ibrahimovic è was a great footballer, but è also a great person. He’ a leader and è an all-around character. There è have been conversations with him at the moment. At the moment I can’t give an exact timeline, but I can say that it can è please a person like me, in my role and as a Milan fan, to be able to return to work with him".

On the new stadium: "We are moving forward on this project in San Donato. È a project that we would like to have ready by the end of 2028. I always say this date biting my tongue: in 2018, when I joined Milan, at the first presentation we made to Uefa, thinking about the project of the new San Siro, we had given 2023 as the ideal date. Various vicissitudes and bureaucratic problems slowed us down a lot in the realization of that project. The target now è end 2028 to have an owned stadium, allowing fans to spend even half a day in the home of Milan. This canè add value to our product and canè be a place used sì for matches, but also for 365 days a’year".

"The new format will allow usà to play more matches in Europe, high-value matches. Thereà will be a positive economic impact and there will also be more teams: this increases the value of the competition and who canò participate. I want to hope that Italian soccer will also get the chance to have a fifth team in the Champions League, it would be good for the whole Serie A" he commented on the new format of the Champions League.