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AC Milan sacked coach Paulo Fonseca on Monday following the failure to consistently push for Champions League places in Serie A.
The 51-year-old Portuguese handler had pre-empted the announcement by saying he had been fired as he left the San Siro following his press conference after the draw with AS Roma on Sunday.
His compatriot Sergio Conceicao is expected to replace the former Shakhtar Donetsk, Roma and Lille coach.
The 1-1 draw was the sixth of the season and left them in seventh spot eight points off Lazio in the fourth and final Champions League place.
A statement from the club read, “AC Milan announces that Paulo Fonseca has been relieved from his duties as Head Coach of the Men’s First Team.
“The Club extends its gratitude to Paulo for his great professionalism and wishes him the very best in his future endeavours.”
Conceicao has Serie A experience as a player and is available after the 50-year-old ended a seven-year spell as Porto coach in June this year.
Milan, the seven-time European champions, has been battling inconsistent form and fan anger.
Fonseca has been in open conflict with senior players and questioned his squad’s commitment, repeatedly going after countryman and star winger Rafael Leao and dropping France full-back Theo Hernandez for a teenage academy player in a dismal goalless draw with Genoa earlier this month.
