Abbiati to
La Gazzetta dello Sport:
"This is not a 7th place squad. With the right attitude you can go back to aim for CL places as early as next season. If I close my eyes and think of Milan until 2011 I will see a totally different team in all aspects. I learned certain values that were transmitted to me from Albertini, Costacurta and Maldini. Today, I had came to a point that on Monday morning I had anxiety and was ashamed to go out due to what the team have come to. Brocchi says some players have wrong attitude? He is right, there were 4-5 players who have not done what was required from them, and I'm not a talking about technical errors. If there was only one player he would've been controlled and isolated. But five players is too much and makes everything more complicated. I thought about retiring after my outburst against Chievo in March. I took the final decision after the Bologna match. When Bacca stormed into locker rooms after getting subbed against Carpi I confronted him inside but nobody supported me. In my time Gattuso would've pulled out a knife [in that Bacca incident]. What did Berlusconi tell me after my final game? Nothing. I hope he will say something soon as he is part of my family. I understand the need to have fresh funds come in but I can’t see Milan without him [Berlusconi]. I hope he remains. Will I work at Milan? I would like to. I'll speak with Galliani but we have no appointments set and I won't go knock on his door. My career? I would give myself a 7.5-8. I had some highs and lows, but I never struggled in the big games."[DOUBLEPOST=1464090815][/DOUBLEPOST]OFFICIAL: Milan have extended the contracts of Riccardo Montolivo, Luca Antonelli and Davide Calabria until 2019.
Alex, Mexes, Abbiati, Boateng, Menez and Balotelli will leave. Milan are also negotiating Zapata's extension [MilanNews' Antonio Vitiello].
Leonel Vangioni has arrived at Casa Milan.
Montolivo, Antonelli and Calabria's extensions were agreed with the Chinese, so was Mihajlovic's contract termination [Sky].