AC Milan executive Ivan Gazidis has been told "return to Arsenal " by a fuming Christian Vieri as the situation at his current club continues to spiral out of control.

The South African was the man who appointed Unai Emery to succeed Arsène Wenger as Gunners boss - but in September 2018 he swapped life in London for Milan.

At the San Siro, Gazidis put more emphasis on bringing through younger talent, changing the former model of focusing on experience.

Last season the club finished fifth in Serie A, their best finish in six years.

This did not stop, however, further changes to continue behind the scenes, with Gennaro Gattuso leaving the club, among other departures in personnel, such as Paolo Maldini and Zvonimir Boban being brought in as directors.

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There is even talk of removing Stefano Pioli from his position as manager - and all this change and instability has seeming enraged former footballer Vieri.

He said on talk show Tika Taka via Calciomercato: “Boban has done well. Gazidis went to speak with [Rangnick] when he has nothing to do with it.

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"But who is Gazidis? What does he do? Boban and Maldini are in that role. Should Boban have shutted up?

“In life, you have to be men and have balls, and Boban has them.

"Maldini called Boban to work together, they are very close friends. Boban hasn’t been sacked: what happened was that one was a coward and the other isn’t a puppet. He’s got a personality and says stuff to your face. Why doesn’t Gazidis return to Arsenal?”

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Meanwhile, according to di Marzio, there will be no meeting or discussion to see if the Milan personnel can make amends.

This will likely mean another rebuild job for the club, something the side is seemingly constantly trying to do.

Milan currently sit in seventh place in the league, three points off Napoli in a European spot. Their next league match is against champions Juventus .