Cardinale: «I will never sell Milan» and eyes top signings

Gerry Cardinale, owner of the RedBird fund that controls AC Milan, has said he will never sell the club. According to TuttoMercatoWeb, his goal is to win Serie A titles consistently and return to the Champions League as soon as possible, and he is not willing to accept a long rebuilding process.

In the transfer market, Cardinale wants to make sure that when Milan go for a player, nobody can tell him they cannot afford him. He admits that only Premier League clubs can currently spend those sums on top players, and warns that to bring Milan back to the top of Europe they must compete with the biggest clubs in the world.

To explain his vision, he invoked Silvio Berlusconi. He acknowledges that many saw his comparison as arrogant and self-centred, but insists that was never the point: just as Berlusconi transformed Milan and Serie A, he wants his ownership to lead the club into a new era, in a new way.