Allegri – Milan must work from scratch after stars’ exits

Massimiliano Allegri has admitted that he believes that AC Milan have gone back  to “year zero”, after losing “12 champions” since the end of the 2011-12 campaign.

The rossoneri have seen some of their biggest stars leave San Siro, including Alessandro Nesta, Filippo Inzhaghi and Gennaro Gattuso, and more recently Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva, who joined Paris Saint-Germain.

Therefore, Allegri admitted that he will have a very tough job to rebuild a strong a sound team, ahead of the new term.

“Ibra and Thiago Silva? I'm not the one who hires and fires, but we could not say no to PSG,” he said to Sky Sport Italia.

“But we are at year zero. Twelve champions have left, most due to their age but two because of choices made by the club.”

“Even if there are many others who have remained, we must now work from scratch.”

“There is a month left until the close of the transfer market. I remember the arrival of Robinho two days before the end of a previous window that changed the face of the team.”

Massimiliano Allegri Massimiliano Allegri  Italy 1967-08-11 (45 years) See coach profile>