Curva Sud honor Berlusconi with an emotional farewell letter

AC Milan’s ownership status might finally be coming to a conclusion.

Silvio Berlusconi seems to have finally decided to sell the club to the Chinese group rumoured to be interested in taking Milan so Curva Sud wanted to express how they feel about it and they did so with a message on their site’s homepage.

This is the full letter that you can find on the Curva Sud temporary home page.

We’re going to sum up the content of this letter quoting and translating a couple of key phrases that perfectly express how they feel about the sale of AC Milan.

‘Partiamo dal presupposto che nessuno ha dimenticato quanto di bello abbiamo vissuto in questi anni grazie alla gestione impeccabile di una presidenza, presente e costantemente entusiasta, ma gli ultimi anni ci hanno davvero portati all’esasperazione e hanno portato gran parte del popolo rossonero, non noi sia chiaro, a disinnamorarsi dei colori e del Milan.’

Here’s the translation:

‘Starting from the fact that nobody has forgotten the good moments that we lived during these years thanks to a perfect management by the ownership, constantly aware and enthusiastic, but the recent situation led us to exasperation and made a huge part of the fans — not us, to be clear — falling out of love with Milan.’

They still love Milan and they always will, but they can’t understand why Berlusconi’s family didn’t take the control of the club and continue what Silvio started 30 years ago.

‘Non capiamo come dei figli possano completamente disinteressarsi del più grande amore del padre, quello che ha dato lui grandi soddisfazioni e popolarità, spingendolo a 80 anni a cedere la società, invece di aiutarlo e sostenerlo e proporsi loro per primi alla successione della guida della società.’

The translated version:

‘We don’t understand how his sons could ignore their father’s love, the thing that gave him great success and popularity, forcing him to sell the club at the age of 80, instead of helping, supporting and succeeding him as leaders.’

However, they still believe that Milan need to renew their management staff in order to rebuild a winning team.

‘Comunque vadano le cose la base è ripartire da zero, eliminando il marcio interno alla società e mettendo entusiasmo in quella che fino a pochi anni fa era riconosciuta nel mondo come la società numero uno, quella vincente, quella da cui prendere spunto per diventare grandi, oltre che essere quella che rispediva al mittente i giocatori viziati e che non sputavano sangue per quella maglia.Chiariamo sin d’ora che se dovesse avvenire il passaggio di consegne, la presenza del signor Galliani in un ruolo, anche solo di gestione sportiva, sarebbe motivo di malcontento e auspichiamo un’attenta analisi delle scelte da parte degli eventuali nuovi acquirenti.’

Also, they don’t want Adriano Galliani anymore.

‘The important thing is a fresh start from the beginning, firing those who affected the club and bringing new enthusiasm in a club that was once considered the number one in the world, the winningest, the one that inspired the others, as well as the one that was used to fire those players that didn’t honor the club. We want to make clear that if the sale became reality, the participation of Mr. Galliani in any role, even if just for the sporting purposes, would be the cause of disappointment and we wish that any choice will be analyzed with attention by the new owners.’

So, the Curva Sud have a really cautious approach to the new ownership and that’s reasonable for a group of diehard milanisti, but they still hope that the Rossoneri will have a bright future. However, their position about Galliani and his role is a clear sign that they’re projected to a new beginning with no traces of Milan’s recent failures.

Time for a fresh start?