Exit Carlo Ancelotti, Enter Leonardo

Carlo Ancelotti has officially left AC Milan and Leonardo has taken over as manager of the club. Rumors have been flying about that Ancelotti is going to be the new Chelsea manager. I'm glad that going into the off season we know who our manager will be next season and that it is someone whom the players are all familiar with. If you are unfamiliar with Leonardo he played for AC Milan during the 1997-2001 and 2002-2003 seasons. He also spent time at PSG, São Paulo FC and Flamengo. Leonardo was a main factor in getting Kaka and Pato to sign with Milan and has been techniqual director of AC Milan since 2008.

I'm not certain that this is the correct appointment for the club but it is time Milan to go in a different direction. As manager of AC Milan from 2001-today (May 31, 2009) Carlo Ancelotti won everything there was to win in Italy. Coppa Italia: 2002–03, Serie A: 2003–04, Italian Supercup: 2004, UEFA Champions League: 2002–03, 2006–07, UEFA Super Cup: 2003, 2007 and the FIFA Club World Cup: 2007. I wish Carlo good luck where ever he chooses to manage next.

Now as a Milan fan I am anxiously awaiting the upcoming week and praying the articles I've been reading in AS and Marca about Kaka signing for Real Madrid this summer are not true. I would like to see Kaka and Ronaldinho both stay at Milan and play together next season. I do think the reason Ronaldinho wasn't played much during the second half of the season was because Ancelotti did not like him and would at times play a very aging Seedorf over Ronaldinho who helped the club so much at the beginning of the season to be completely dropped in the second was unexceptable. What are your thoughts on Kaka, Ronaldinho and Leonardo?

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