Maldini confirms agreement to stay on as Milan technical director: ´Now we can plan for the future´

Paolo Maldini is glad that Milan can now plan for the future after confirming he has reached an agreement with the Serie A champions to stay on as technical director.

Club legend Maldini was considered one of the main architects behind Milan s first Scudetto success in 11 years last season thanks to his work behind the scenes.

He has held a boardroom position for the past four years, three of those in his current role, and helped sign the likes of Theo Hernandez, Rafael Leao and Mike Maignan.

The 54-year-old was due to be out of contract come the end of Thursday, but he announced shortly ahead of that deal expiring that he will remain in the job.

Everything is sorted. We renewed at the last minute, but we did it, Maldini told reporters outside Milan s he…