FONSECA SACKED AS AC MILAN COACH – Local media reports say former Porto boss Sergio Conceicao was set to take over
Serie A side AC Milan sacked coach Paulo Fonseca after only six months in the job after an inconsistent run of form left the club eighth in Italy’s top football league.
Milan, who drew 1-1 at home against struggling AS Roma on Sunday (December 29), have won only two of their last seven league games.
The 19-time Italian champions sit eight points off the top four with a game in hand, and 14 points behind leaders Atalanta.
Local media reports said former Porto boss Sergio Conceicao was set to take over.
Fonseca was appointed in June to replace Italian Stefano Pioli, who had helped Milan to a single league title in 2022 during his five-year tenure, finishing second and 19 points off champions Inter Milan in his last season.
Expectations were therefore going to be high from the start for former Roma coach Fonseca, who arrived after two seasons at French Ligue 1 side Lille.
Fonseca previously won the Portuguese Super Cup with Porto in 2013, the Portuguese Cup with Braga in 2015-16, as well as three consecutive Ukrainian Premier League titles with Shakhtar Donetsk between 2017 and 2019.
