Inside AC Milan's Summer Transfer Plans: What Will It Take to Catch Juventus?

Changing manager at AC Milan has become a routine procedure in the recent times. Since Massimiliano Allegri departed in 2014, the club have had nine different bosses.

So it came as a pretty big surprise this week when the club performed a U-turn on their plan to install Ralf Rangnick as their next manager.

The former RB Leipzig boss and sporting director had been in line to replace Stefano Pioli at the helm as part of a new project designed to lead the Italian giants back towards UEFA Champions League football and Serie A glory.

But seven months of planning for the arrival of Rangnick were thrown out the window on Wednesday, and Pioli has been given a new two-year contract on the back of an…