Sergio Conceicao appointed AC Milan manager: How long is his contract? When is his first game?

AC Milan person confirmed that they person appointed erstwhile Porto caput manager Sergio Conceicao arsenic their caller manager pursuing the sacking of Paulo Fonseca.

The Rossoneri announced connected Monday greeting that they had relieved Fonseca of his duties aft conscionable 24 games successful charge, of which helium won 12 portion overseeing six draws and six defeats.

Milan's 1-1 stalemate with under-performing Roma connected Sunday near the nine successful an unremarkable eighth spot successful the Serie A table, 14 points beneath leaders Atalanta BC, who person played a crippled more.

Fonseca took a respectable 12 points from six Champions League matches, masterminding a celebrated 3-1 triumph implicit holders Real Madrid successful the Spanish capital, and the Rossoneri are conscionable 1 constituent disconnected the automatic last-16 qualification places arsenic things stand.

However, the committee inactive saw acceptable to springiness Fonseca the boot, and pursuing reports claiming that Conceicao was their apical campaigner to instrumentality the reins, Milan person swiftly confirmed the Portuguese's arrival.

Conceicao returns to the hotseat for the archetypal clip since ending his palmy spell astatine Porto successful the summer, and the 50-year-old antecedently represented Inter Milan, Parma and Lazio arsenic a player, winning 7 trophies with the latter.

The cardinal details of Conceicao's Milan appointment

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In a statement, Milan confirmed that Conceicao had been appointed connected an 18-month declaration until the extremity of adjacent season, and the 49-year-old volition bring his ain coaching squad with him to San Siro.

"AC Milan announces that Sérgio Paulo Marceneiro da Conceicao has been appointed arsenic the Head Coach of the men's First Team until 30 June 2026," Milan said. "The Club extends a lukewarm invited to Sérgio and his staff, wishing a travel afloat of occurrence and fulfilment."

Conceicao volition instrumentality complaint of his archetypal Milan lucifer connected Friday, erstwhile the Rossoneri look Juventus successful the semi-finals of the Supercoppa Italiana successful Saudi Arabia, earlier a imaginable last against either Atalanta oregon Inter Milan connected January 6.

The gathering with Juve volition spot Conceicao reunite and pit his wits against his ain son, Francisco Conceicao, who is connected indebtedness astatine the Old Lady from Porto and was antecedently managed by his begetter successful their homeland.

Sergio Conceicao led Porto to 11 pieces of silverware during his seven-year spell successful charge, including 3 Primeira Liga titles, and the Dragons reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League successful 2019 and 2021.

The caller Milan brag has besides taken complaint of Nantes, Vitoria Guimaraes, Braga, Coimbra and Olhanense since hanging up his boots successful 2010.

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