AC Milan are bringing back Allegri. Truly, those who don’t learn from (or willfully forget) their history are destined to repeat it. For those who may not know or remember, they let him go years ago because their football had become ridiculously stale, one-dimensional, and ineffective. He had a squad loaded with older players because he’s not good at rebuilding squads and doesn’t really fancy working with young squads. He only did it at Juventus because he literally had no choice. The bulk of his success there was the direct result of inheriting a VERY strong and well-coached team built by Antonio Conte in his prime, a team he squeezed every last drop out of (see Chiellini). I knew the club would struggle once he had to rebuild the squad. Sure enough, that’s what happened and that’s why they sacked him…once they could afford to, anyway.