Barbara Berlusconi to revolution AC Milan (with a little help from her father Silvio)?

Saturday, 9 November 2013. Barbara Berlusconi seems to be taking control of AC Milan, as her father Silvio meets Vice President of the team for lunch at Arcore's Villa San Martino, possibly to kiss him goodbye.

Barbara Berlusconi: taking over?

AC Milan season hasn't been a triumphal march so far: the football team is ranking 11^th in the Italian Serie A table, the side have won only one of the five matches played in the Champions League so far (last week Barcelona beat them 3-1) and the talented striker Mario Balotelli has tuned out to be more of a nuisance than a winning goal scorer, collecting much more yellow cards than goals (the ratio is a disheartening 9:5).

That's why a take over of the club might be under way by Silvio Berlusconi's family, more precisely by his daughter Barbara Berlusconi (a member of the board of directors since 2011). The coup could lead to the axing of vice-president (loyal man and good old friend of the former Italian prime minister) Adriano Galliani, head coach Massimiliano Allegri, problematic player Mario Balotelli, and god only knows who else.


It all started when 29-year old Barbara Berlusconi – who has been more and more involved in the management of AC Milan, to such an extent that she became the girlfriend of player Alexandre Pato – declared that a “change in business philosophy” was needed within the club.

A few days ago Emilio Fede openly attacked Allegri on a radio show, saying that Berlusconi just can't stand him (the radio host asked whether Allegri political views might be related to that, since he comes form the notoriously leftist town of Livorno).

Adriano Galliani (left) and Barbara Berlusconi (right)
enjoying a soccer game (Barcelona-Milan 3-1) and
each other's company

Galliani, who has been with AC Milan since 1986 winning eight Scudetti and five Champions League titles, is the CEO of the company and is considered the transfer guru in charge with trading players, and therefore Barbara Berlusconi holds him as the main responsible for the failing season. He paid 20m euro (£17m or £27) for Balotelli, who moved from Manchester City to Milan in January 2013. Sacking Galliani would cost €130m to Silvio Berlusconi (that is £109 or $174).

Rumour has it that former AC Milan players Pippo Inzaghi and Clarence Seedorf might be running for the coach post.

A few days ago Silvio Berlusconi revealed that his children felt like “Jews during Hitler's regime”, since everybody was against them. The “night of the long knives” at AC Milan could make Barbara feel better?