Silvio Berlusconi, the man who reinvented Milan and changed Italian football, has died

After suffering from chronic myelomonocytic leukemia, at the age of 86 Silvio Berlusconiformer prime minister of Italyformer owner of Milan and owner of Monzabeing in this way a man who revolutionized Italian soccer after his arrival to the team of Milan in the 80’s.

The last experience of Berlusconi in the world of football it was after acquiring the Monzaa minor Italian soccer team, whose main objective was to restructure and get it to rub shoulders with the big clubs of Italy and Europe.

In 2018, Berlusconi along with his historic right hand, Adriano Galianidisbursed three million euros to buy the Lombard club when it was in C-series and has settled it in A series investing almost 200 million euros since its. This season (the first in its history in the Italian football elite) they have even touched the European positions.

The path that began with Monza modified in 1986 with the Milan after the former Italian prime minister will buy the group rossonero changing a revolution not only in the team of Milanbut in European football.

Assuring that as a child he went to the stadium saint cyrus a see the Milan together with his father, Luigi, Berlusconi He bought the Italian team when it was wandering, being a totally unknown club, which even suffered relegation.

In this way, he changed football as it was known to date: he changed communication in Italy through fininvest (its parent company) and modernized the Milan. milanellothe club’s sports center became a world reference) and reached the coaching staff of the Milan nutritionists, psychologists… something unprecedented for the time.

With these internal changes, Berlusconi change deposit to Milan at the top, both in local and international football. In 20 years of presidency and 31 of management in total together with the Milan, the cavaliere won 29 trophies, a story that began with the first league championship in the 1987-88 season and ended with the Italian Super Cup of 2016.

Among these titles, 5 stand out Champions League5 European Super Cup2 intercontinental cups you Club World Cup obtained after beating Mouth in the final of 2007.

“Tomorrow we will dream of other goals, we will invent other challenges, we will seek other victories. That it is worth realizing what is good, strong, true in us… in all of us who have had this adventure of intertwining our lives with a dream called Milan”, was one of his most recorded speeches during his time in Milan.

The day Berlusconi wanted to buy Diego Maradona

In his adventure as leader of the Milan the only wish that will not be fulfilled gentleman was the incorporation of Maradona of the rossonero.

Distanced from the direction of the Naples, Maradona I was looking for new directions and it was like that Berlusconi he put a shocking offer on the table to take the 10.

After a communication between the president of the Milan and william coppolarepresentative of Maradona, Berlusconi I’m sure he would double the Argentine’s salary if he reached the rossonero.

In any case, despite the important offer that Diego received, his move to Milan never happened since the parties understood that it would have been the trigger for many problems in Italian football.

“It would have been like taking the heart of a city and reaching Milan, it would have been unfair, it couldn’t be done”Berlusconi assured.

Even, william coppola admitted that claudia villafane he told Maradona que “You couldn’t leave Napoli” because of its meaning for the Italian people.

Similarly, with the passing of Naples Alabama Milan fallen, in the world of football there was always doubt about what would have happened if Maradona I would have worn the shirt of the rossonero.

In addition to having been able to share a squad with great figures such as go-suffice and GulitOwn Berlusconi sure that the method of working in his club would have changed the life of Maradona roundly.

Based on his own statements, Berlusconi affirmed that the life of the world champion in the 86 It would have been different by his side: “He was a fragile person, perhaps the attention and discipline that existed in my Milan helped him avoid some mistakes”.

Finally, despite the fact that the pass was never given, the relationship between Berlusconi and Maradona continued to be good with some dialogue between two of the most prominent personalities in Italian football at the time: “Diego had a great sensitivity”, he recorded.

Milan’s message after his departure

Through their social networks, Milan fired Berlosuconi, making it clear how important his arrival at the club was at such a delicate football and institutional time.

“AC Milan, deeply saddened, regrets the death of the unforgettable Silvio Berlusconi and affectionately embraces his family, collaborators and closest friends. “Tomorrow we will dream of other goals, we will invent other challenges, we will seek other victories. realize what is good, strong and true in us, in all of us who have had this adventure of intertwining our lives with a dream called Milan”. Thank you President, always with us.”