The Serie A match on Saturday against Salernitana will be the Italian manager’s final game in command of Milan since 2019.
In 2022, Pioli led Milan to their first Serie A championship in eleven years.
The following season, they ended a dismal fourth, but the board continued to believe in Pioli when Milan advanced to the Champions League semifinals before losing to Inter Milan, their local rivals.
Although AC Milan is certain to place second in Serie A this year, they trail champions Inter by 19 points heading into Saturday’s final round of games.
Although Pioli’s contract was supposed to expire in 2025, the parties have decided to end it early.
The 58-year-old helped “re-establish” AC Milan as a significant player in Europe, and the club expressed their “heartfelt thanks” to him for that.
