There are a few men who've succeeded in changing the course of an entire club, and Silvio Berlsuconi is one of these men. Under the controversial Italian, the Rossoneri was able to write their own successful history in the world of Italian, European, and international football. He brought in talents, stars, titles, geniuses, joy and sadness. This is the story of AC Milan in the era of Silvio Berlsuconi.
After winning the league in 1991, Arsenal failed to get back to those highs for a long time. As they slowly became a cup team and were labeled as "Boring Boring Arsenal," and faced many challenges and scandals. Until an unknown foreign manager was signed to build a new dynasty at the club.
After Platini's sudden retirement, Juventus were on their way to a barren period. With other key players either leaving or retiring, it was a tough period for the Bianconeri. However, with the arrival of stars like Roberto Baggio, Gianluca Vialli, Alessandro Del Piero, Juve were on their way back to the top. Other key elements of that rise to success was the arrival of Marcelo Lippi and key management figures like Roberto Bettega, Luciano Moggi, and Antonio Giraudo. All these key parts helped Juve create history in a successful decade within the 1990's.
After their third European cup in a row in 1976, Bayern lost many legends in a few years. They had to rebuild a new generation. And with the appointment of ex-player Uli Hoeness as General manager, that build was accelerated. Although there were some early failures, Uli and Bayern got the hang of it and slowly but surely got back to winning ways. Some European disappointments in the way didn't stop them from winning locally.
When Florentino Perez won the Real Madrid elections in the summer of 2000 while promising to bring Luis Figo from Barcelona, a new era had begun. Was it a story of success in transforming a club into a global brand? Or was it a story of failure in how to build a balanced team to compete on the field?
Manchester United waited 26 years to finally get their hands on the Premier League title, but they have never looked back since. An insight on how Alex Ferguson went through the rough process of building and rebuilding a struggling United team in the late 80's which managed to dominate English Football for years to come until they achieved a historic treble in 1999.
The treble is considered an outstanding achievement, an achievement that happened a handful of times throughout the history of European football. And for Inter Milan, that achievement came after long periods of suffering. Transfer flops and steals, change of ownership and investments, controversial matches, heart wrenching losses, complicated manager and player relationships.
Between the time a FC Barcelona great named Johann Cruyff was sacked as Barca manager on May of 1996 and before another Barcelona great Lionel Messi truly shows the world he was something special, the Blaugrana went through a rough patch which included an identity crisis and tasteless titles. From Rivaldo to Ronaldinho, from Van Gaal to Rijkaard, and from Josep Núñez to Joan Laporta.
Roma won their third Scudetto in one of the hardest seasons in the history of the Italian league. But, their path to glory was even harder. Different sets of managers with different sets of philosophies. Doping cases, courts, and conspiracies. A club legend in distress. A youth Primavera product emerging.
