MN: Why Tony D’Amico has ended up on Milan’s list of director candidates | OneFootball

The future of AC Milan is still to be written, both on the pitch and in the management, but Tony D’Amico could have a big say in things.

MilanNews reports that in amongst the intrigue regarding the new sporting director, Atalanta’s D’Amico joins Fabio Paratici and Igli Tare in the list of candidates. It is easy to see why, looking at his work both at Hellas Verona and his current club.

As a player, D’Amico had a decent career as a midfielder between Serie C and Serie D, also wearing the shirts of historic clubs such as Cavese, Foggia, Empoli and Lecco. Having retired from football in 2013, D’Amico began working in the technical staff of Vigor Lamezia, before joining Verona in 2016.

He was the chief scout at first and then got a promotion to being the sporting director of the Gialloblu, building Ivan Juric’s side and discovering talents such as Amir Rrahmani, Marash Kumbulla and Sofyan Amrabat. They generated capital gains of over €55m, crucial during times of economic difficulty.

In 2022, he went to Atalanta to replace Giovanni Sartori. His task was to continue with La Dea’s model of talent identification, development and also turnover to support Gian Piero Gasperini’s work. Today they are fighting for the Scudetto, and won the Europa League last season.

Among the players brought to Bergamo by D’Amico, Rasmus Hojlund is certainly worth mentioning (then sold to United for €75m), but the big moves were made with Ademola Lookman (bought for just €9.5m), Ederson, Isak Hien, Charles De Ketelaere and last summer Mateo Retegui.

These are purchases that have now attracted the attention of Milan. D’Amico’s next challenge could therefore be the reconstruction of the Rossoneri, perhaps paired with Massimiliano Allegri on the bench.