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Adriano Galliani has revealed he sounded out former Juventus boss Antonio Conte about taking charge at AC Milan, but said he is happy with Filippo Inzaghi. - Menez: No regrets over United snub
- Barbara Berlusoconi delighted with Inzaghi Inzaghi was named Milan's new coach in the summer following the departure of Clarence Seedorf, and the club's general manager Galliani says he has high hopes for the 41-year-old. "Let's just say there was a bit of flirting [with Conte]," Galliani told the Corriere della Sera. "Conte is a fantastic coach and I think Inzaghi is very similar to him. Inzaghi is always very motivated. We've signed players who fit in well with his ideas and there is total harmony -- between me, him and the president [Silvio] Berlusconi." Conte, who has since taken charge of the Italian national team, would have been taking his place on the visitors' bench at the San Siro this Saturday had he not left Juve this summer. Instead, it will be former Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri in charge, returning to the club for the first time since being dismissed in January. "I've spoken to him and I wished him well for their opening Champions League game and we've also spoken since then about organisational things, but we didn't talk about Milan-Juve," Galliani said. "It was him who told me he was going to Juve. I bumped into him when he was on his way to Turin. "A week earlier, I met up with him and told him off for not joining Lazio and my friend [president Claudio] Lotito. And up to two days before, everybody was expecting Allegri to be named Italy coach and Conte to stay with Juve. Life's full of surprises. After seeing Leonardo sit on the Inter bench, I'm not surprised by anything anymore." He also said he would not be surprised if the Rossoneri beat the defending champions on Saturday, saying his club are on the up after an unexpectedly dismal season. "It's like with the financial crisis -- it's easy for everybody afterwards to explain why it happened, but there's nobody who can tell you in advance the way things will go," he said. "It's pointless talking about it now. There's no remedy for the past. "Of course I suffered this week not seeing Milan in Europe, but Milan are on the way back. Obviously we would love to be involved [in the 2016 Champions League final at the San Siro], but it is already a success for the city. We're going to have a beautiful stadium with its own underground station, edging us closer to the best in Europe."
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