Comolli Leaves Juventus: What It Means for AC Milan and the RedBird World
A day of major upheaval in Italian football. At Juventus, a significant boardroom shake-up is taking shape: Damien Comolli, the club’s chief executive officer, appears set to leave his position. While this directly concerns a historic rival, it is not irrelevant to the world of AC Milan, given the connections with the RedBird galaxy.
Who Is Damien Comolli and His Link to RedBird
Damien Comolli spent years leading Toulouse FC, the French club that is part of the ecosystem of companies controlled or co-owned by Gerry Cardinale and RedBird Capital Partners. For this reason, Cardinale knows him well on a professional level: around a year ago, contacts reportedly emerged between the parties with a view to bringing Comolli to AC Milan as a replacement for Giorgio Furlani. That path never materialised, and now Comolli finds himself packing his bags from Juventus too.
His Time at Juventus: A Negative Balance Sheet
Comolli’s stint in Turin has not left a positive impression. During his tenure, numerous internal issues came to light, with reported disagreements among club executives and on-pitch results falling well short of expectations. Juventus this season finished behind AC Milan in the table — a result that, given the club’s investment levels and ambitions, amounts to a genuine sporting failure. To make matters worse, the bench changed hands mid-season: first the dismissal of Igor Tudor, then the arrival of Luciano Spalletti, bringing all the inevitable disruption that comes with such a change.
AC Milan Deserves Better
The hope is clear: that Juventus’s troubles do not become an opportunity for Cardinale to redirect Comolli towards Milanello. AC Milan deserves a management team worthy of its history and its greatness. The choices made in the coming weeks — new head coach, new sporting director, new CEO — will define the club’s trajectory for years to come. Ralf Rangnick and Oliver Glasner remain the frontrunners for the coaching and technical director roles, as reported in the latest news on the Rossoneri rebuild.
Among the candidates for the Juventus CEO position, the name of Giovanni Carnevali has also emerged — a figure previously linked to AC Milan as a potential successor to Furlani, and a profile of entirely different stature, built on the virtuous management of Sassuolo over many years.
AC Milan stands at a historic crossroads. The upcoming boardroom decisions will speak volumes about the direction the club intends to take. Rossoneri fans are asking for quality, vision and ambition — nothing less will do.
