According to journalist Jurrian van Wessem, Mark van Bommel is AC Milan’s first choice to succeed coach Stefano Pioli next summer. Due to the news that Feyenoord is also interested in the current trainer of Royal Antwerp FC, the Italian top club would even rush to bring in the former player.
It is generally assumed in the Italian media that Pioli, who led the Rossoneri to their first national title in eleven years in 2022, is in his last weeks as a coach. Julen Lopetegui (former national coach of Spain and trainer of Real Madrid and Sevilla) and Roberto De Zerbi (Brighton & Hove Albion) have recently been named as successors. However, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who has returned to Milan as an advisor, would prefer Van Bommel, with whom he still played in red and black.
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Van Bommel now seems to be on his way to the exit in Belgium. The former coach of VfL Wolfsburg and PSV led Antwerp to the double last season (national title and cup), but no longer seems to be competing to become champion again. The club will play the cup final against Union Sint-Gillis in May. Telegraphjournalist Valentijn Driessen reported last week that both Van Bommel and the currently suspended technical director Marc Overmars will leave next summer. The Great Old.
Feyenoord had to prematurely acknowledge his superiority over PSV in the battle for the national title, but that does not mean that the Rotterdam team will gain nothing at all from this Eredivisie season.
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