AC Milan: Three hopes, one fear

It is a brand new day at  AC Milan. 

Silivio Berlusconi is kind of gone! Mario Balotelli is definitely gone! So is Stephan El Shaaraway! For the first time in what feels like decades AC Milan are going through a rebuilding phase. No longer straddled with big contracts and aging players Milan seems like for the first time since Berlusconi took over that they are starting at square one.

Milan even have a new coach in Vincenzo Montella. Montella, 42, comes to the club after relatively successful runs with Sampordia and Fiorentina. Although Montella is a bit young he is by no means is he a novice. Bringing in a fresh manager with a set of ideas seems to be the perfect recipe for success for the Rossoneri.

So while there is hope in the land Milan there is also some fear as well. For as much as supporters and ownership claim that they are okay with rebuilding one has to wonder how much time will actually be given to install change. Milan has never really been a side that is patient. Even during the 1990’s the side would often drop managers and prospects at the drop of a hat.

The difference at least for now is there is no Berlusconi. With the club in the process of being sold to the Sino-Europe Sports group the transition has begun to move the club. New ownership plus new management equals a new attitude at Milan? That’s the hope.