Milan and Ibrahimovic frustrated with Conceicão

According to the paper, Milan and Red Bird adviser Ibrahimovic are not fully satisfied with young coach Conceicão, who replaced Paulo Fonseca in December 2024.

Conceicão has a better score average for the match than his predecessor (1,83 v. 1,58), but Rossoners remain seven points behind the first four countries, even though they have a match less, and lost in the first game of the Play-off League of Champions against Feynoor on Wednesday.

Corriere dello Sport reports that Ibrahimovic appears dissatisfied in the tribuna when he saw Conceicão replace Santiago Gimnez and Rafael Leao with Francesco Camarda and Tammy Abraham in the last minutes of the Rotterdam match.

The ex-attacker, who serves as Red Bird adviser, said before the match that Conceicão had “two teams” available after the arrival of five January reinforcements. The coach replied: “actually, there are more than two, as we have many players in the youth sector,” but according to CorSport, Ibra did not like this comment.

Conceicão took the lead in Milan on December 30th, 2024. Under his direction, Milan secured the title of Supercopa Italiana and played six matches in Serie A, reaching three victories, two drawbacks and one defeat, with a total of 11 points.

Conceicão has signed a contract until June 2026, but the club can cut the deal at the end of the season. Qualification for the 2025-26 Champions League is considered a mandatory requirement to keep Portuguese in the post- wine club.