Seedorf retires. Become new AC Milan manager

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[article]Former AC Milan midfielder Clarence Seedorf returns to the San Siro as manager to replace Massimiliano Allegri

Clarence Seedorf has announced that he is retiring from football in order to become the new coach of AC Milan.

The Dutch midfielder, who is in his second season at Brazilian club Botafogo, was the leading candidate to replace Massimiliano Allegri, who was sacked on Monday.

"Considering my relationship with the (Milan) president (Silvio Berlusconi), when he called me yesterday I couldn't say no after 10 years spent there (at Milan)," he said in a press conference on Tuesday at Botafogo's headquarters in Rio de Janeiro

Seedorf joined Botafogo in 2012 after a 10-year career at the San Siro.

The 37-year-old is the only player to have won the Champions League four times with three different clubs - Ajax (1995), Real Madrid (1998) and AC Milan (2003 and 2007).

"I am retiring from football after 22 years," he said. "It has been a difficult night but I am satisfied by what I've achieved in my career and what I've done at Botafogo.

"My aim is to dream again.

"This experience at Botafogo has helped me grow a lot and will no doubt help me in my next step as coach of AC Milan.

"I wish Botafogo and my team-mates the best.

"The level has increased thanks to everyone and I'm certain that the club will be able to remain at a high level."

Seedorf returns to Italy and inherits a team that is 30 points behind league leaders Juventus at the halfway stage of the campaign after Sunday's 4-3 defeat at Sassuolo.

That result brought to an end Allegri's three-and-a-half-year spell at the helm of the Rossoneri.
Seedorf could make his coaching debut on Sunday evening at home to Hellas Verona.

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[refugee]

I've taken the picture away, because fuck that picture.

 

[Fabio]

Legend

 

[LeTallecWiz]

I wonder if he's coming into this gig far too early ... It's a sheer mess now with Milan, especially with the lack of willingness to spend ...

 

[Judge Jules]

That's true, but Seedorf is a bright guy as well as having a great footballing background. I wouldn't put it past him to make this work.

 

[irishred]

Not the easiest job in the world to start with, salvaging the reputation of a world class club and controlling one of football's biggest mavericks.

 

[Modo]

They should have hired Rijkaard.

 

[WhyAlwaysMe?]

I always liked Clarence, he was always a good pundit.

 

[Mors]

Seedorf's quality, but surely this is a disaster.

 

[Halmeister]

He's still better than the vast majority of the shite there now.

 

[Delinquent]

Seedorf's quality, but surely this is a disaster.

Indeed. Although perhaps if it all goes tits up he'll have a built-in excuse?

I imagine his reputation would be enough to get him a second job anyway.

 

[Ryan]

I read somewhere that Pippo Inzaghi was a frontrunner for the job too. Was that a joke??

 

[LeTallecWiz]

I read somewhere that Pippo Inzaghi was a frontrunner for the job too. Was that a joke??

He's one of their youth team managers, and was meant to replace Allegri until season's end until Seerdorf retired and came on over.

Why don't you think he'd make a good manager?

 

[Ryan]

He's one of their youth team managers, and was meant to replace Allegri until season's end until Seerdorf retired and came on over.

Why don't you think he'd make a good manager?

I thought he was still playing!

 

[LeTallecWiz]

I thought he was still playing!

He probably still could

 

[SummerOnions]

He's still better than the vast majority of the shite there now.

be funny if he did an edgar davids and just played himself cause he's clarence fucking seedorf

 

[red_maradona]

Hope Seedorf makes it, lovely guy and incredible player.

 

[Whirly]

Hope Seedorf makes it, lovely guy and incredible player.

I think you meant to swap these two adjectives 😉