AC Milan Appoint Amorim As New Manager

Serie A giants AC Milan have announced the appointment of Ruben Amorim as their new manager.

Milan made the announcement in a post on their official X handle on Tuesday.

Italian media report that Amorim will be paid a net annual salary of 3.5 million euros ($4.06 million) over his two-year deal as he bids to improve the fortunes of one of Europe’s most storied clubs, RFI reports.

Portuguese Amorim returns to coaching six months after being sacked by Manchester United with a year-and-a-half left on his contract, a move which cost the Premier League giants £16.7 million ($22.4 million).

He had attracted attention as a bright young coach at Sporting Lisbon, but he failed to make an impact at Old Trafford, and it was left to his replacement, Michael Carrick, to drag United into next season’s Champions League.

The 41-year-old will be tasked with a top-four finish in Serie A next season after Milan missed out on Europe’s top club competition on the final day of this past campaign.

Milan slumped to a shock 2-1 home defeat by lowly Cagliari and ended up fifth behind both Roma and wealthy upstarts Como, who took the final two Champions League spots.

That result, which was preceded and followed by loud protests from supporters against American owners RedBird, led to the sacking of coach Massimiliano Allegri, CEO Giorgio Furlani, and the club’s sporting directors, Igli Tare and Geoffrey Moncada.

Allegri is widely reported to be taking over at Napoli in the coming days following the departure of Antonio Conte.’