Costacurta to QPR Bench?

There have been a lot of small stories in the Italian media over the past few days about Milan legend Billy Costacurta and his wife using the international break for a trip to London. While normally this sort of thing wouldn’t be newsworthy (seriously, it wouldn’t), the fact that while there Costacurta was also having conversations with his homie Flavio Briatore — an F1 bigwig and serial dater of models who just so happens to have recently bought Championship side QPR — has quite understandably caught the attention of the press.

According to the latest reports, the two are doing a lot more than chatting: Briatore has met with Adriano Galliani and officially offered Costacurta a job as manager of his new toy (currently near the bottom of the Championship table). Whoa. About three months into his coaching career, and he’s already being seen as a managerial savior? Well, I suppose Roy Keane is doing it — who the hell needs experience when you’ve spent 20+ years on the pitch? Plus, Costacurta speaks fluent English, and has always been one of those “Oh, he’s got a manager’s mind” sort of players, so perhaps it’s not as odd as it sounds.

No matter what happens, though, any sort of move is probably several months off at this point — no specific terms have been discussed, and it’s believed that, even if he accepts the gig now, Costacurta wouldn’t take over until the new year.

Category: AC Milan, Serie A

Tags: AC Milan, Serie A

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