AC Milan sack head coach Pioli two years after title triumph

AC Milan said in a statement that Pioli, who was under contract until 2025, will be departing after the end of the current season, after having been in charge of the First Team since October 2019.
They will finish second this season but way behind city rivals Inter, who to rub salt into the wounds clinched the title by beating Pioli’s team 2-1 at the end of April.
Pioli was hailed a hero in 2022 after delivering the once dominant force in Italian football their first league title since 2011.
He also guided them to last season’s Champions League semi-finals — the first time they had gone that far since the 2006-2007 campaign — where they lost to Inter.
However, an early exit from the Champions League this term and failure to run Inter close in the title race set the alarm bells.
According to reports in the Italian media, Paulo Fonseca, the Portuguese coach who has been in charge of French club Lille for the last two seasons, is in line to take over.
The Milan board paid a warm tribute in the farewell statement to 58-year-old Italian Pioli.