Milan Reach Out to Ex-Atalanta Exec and Juventus Head | OneFootball

Milan have broadened their scope to find a new apical director and added two more candidates to their shortlist: former Atalanta exec Lee Congerton and Juventus chief Cristiano Giuntoli. The former has jumped into pole position, La Gazzetta dello Sport informs.

The official spent two years in Bergamo, contributing to the acquisitions of Ademola Lookman, Ederson, and Rasmus Hojlund. He left in January 2024 and joined Al-Ahli shortly thereafter. The 51-year-old got his start behind the desk at Hamburg in Germany. He then moved to the United Kingdom, working for Sunderland, Celtic Glasgow, and Leicester City.

Milan will announce their new front-office addition soon after the season finale, with Congerton ahead of Igli Tare in the brass’ preferences, while it’ll be challenging to poach Tony D’Amico from La Dea, and Giuntoli politely declined their approach, Corriere della Sera reports (via Mediaset).

The exec was recently confirmed by the Juventus CEO. He’s under contract for four more years and earns €2M.

Our Take on Milan, Congerton, and Giuntoli

It has taken so long that only luring somebody from another team could justify it. Those switches happen at the end of the campaign. It’s tough to know who does what at Atalanta from the outside, as he wasn’t the sporting director there and had top-end colleagues. It’s tricky to get out of Saudi contracts, but he might have been there for long enough.

Reaching out to the Bianconeri official was worth a shot, as they are quick to dismiss people when things aren’t going well. They’d actually need somebody who can shoulder a lot of tasks like him, but he has little reason to jump ship willingly, especially to head to a team in worse shape.