According to a source, AC Milan appears to have chose that Paulo Fonseca will be their next head coach, and they did so for three main reasons.

Stefano Pioli will leave Milan at the end of the current season, the club confirmed this morning. Pioli has been at Milan for over five years. Therefore, the match against Salernitana tomorrow will be his final one as a member of the team.

The path for the Rossoneri’s future appears to lead to Fonseca, who “is getting closer to Milan day after day,” even though “it’s not all black and white yet,” according to this morning’s edition of La Gazzetta dello Sport (viewed below).

“They are working on the contract which could be for two years with an option for a third season,” the Portuguese coach and the Milan management said. Fonseca’s future “seems to be written,” according to journalist Luca Bianchin, and it will be in red and black. The official signatures could come in shortly.

“For what he showed at Shakhtar, Roma, and Lille, for his willingness to work as a team with the club, and for the many young players launched or developed in these years,” Milan admires the former Roma manager.