AC Milan, Scudetto bonus? Ibrahimovic and the senators will speak with the club

There are those who say it out loud and those who prefer the low profile. But the stupendous thought, in this Milan in the lead of Serie A, everyone does, especially now that the day just closed ended with the plus sign on the Rossoneri standings: the Devil believes in the Scudetto because the goal is objectively within reach. And it will soon become a very pleasant topic of discussion even outside the Milanello locker room: the time is quite ripe to begin to focus on the possible team award in the event of a final success.

Practice

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The clue, with a smile on his face, came from Davide Calabria after the victory over Sampdoria, the one overtaking Inter and the first place alone: ​​”We do not set limits, it would be stupid to do so because we have to ride the wave – said the Rossoneri full-back in front of Sky cameras -. Will I be part of the “commission” that will discuss the Scudetto award with Gazidis? Here, between the serious and the facetious, the AC Milan vice-captain told the truth. Because, even if a real meeting on the agenda between the team and managers has not yet been set, in a few games it will be staged for real. Maybe after the trip to Naples, a face to face at the top that could better define the gaps in the championship race. Certainly not too far in time: certain things must be defined in advance by practice, and the team bonuses, in a club that is fighting for certain goals, belong to this category.

Maturity

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The Rossoneri fans should make all the necessary precautions, but these too are signs of a mature team, which has become aware of its own means and believes it can play it all the way. Pioli the other night spoke of a certain mistrust of the insiders towards the credibility of the AC Milan championship, but Milan, which after 26 league rounds looks at everyone from above, thinks differently. To quote Calabria again, “we are confident and sure of what we can do and what we can achieve”. That is, try to stay ahead of Inter and Napoli until the end and bring the Scudetto back to the Rossoneri, eleven years after the last time. The leaders of that Milan were many, from Ambrosini and Gattuso to Seedorf, Nesta and Abbiati, and their showcases abounded with trophies. Even the 29-year-old Ibrahimovic was already a winner, but not yet a senator as in the Rossoneri’s second life: in those days, other teammates “negotiated” with the club, but today the dean will be in the front row (as he hopes to return to on the pitch, because a Scudetto AC Milan needs his experience and his goals). Together with Romagnoli, graduated with the armband, and Calabria, a jewel of the house that started from the nursery and became a staple as it happened in the golden years of the Devil. Also in the past, the players shared the bonus with the whole team group, from the warehouse workers to the physiotherapists: it would be nice if this custom was reconfirmed even in the event of a party in May.

Extra

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Obviously, the word “scudetto” has already been written down in due course. In fact, in the contracts of Pioli and his men, the eventual tricolor has already been quantified in the form of individual bonuses: everyone agrees with the managers at the time of signing, together with the other parameters useful for raising the amount in the pay slip. . In the case of Ibra, then, in a certain sense, the prize is already “included” in the salary: the 7 million net earned by Zlatan will remain so only if he manages to “tick” all the boxes provided for in his contract, including that of the placement in the championship (otherwise, the salary would decrease based on missed bonuses). The sum that the Swede and his teammates will discuss with the CEO Gazidis, the director of Maldini and the director of Massara, on the other hand, is a collective extra, intended for the whole team. A bit like it had happened in 2020, when the goal to reach was the qualification for the Champions League: even then the team “committee” had compared itself with that of via Aldo Rossi to frame the prize. A year later Milan grew in every sense, from the commercial appeal that increased revenues to the continuity of results, which pushed Pioli and his team up there: you can dream of the Scudetto, you can even win it. And thinking big trains you to grow up.