MILAN: Stefano Pioli has left AC Milan, the Serie A club announced on Friday, after a season of disappointing results.

The 19-time Italian champions ended up in second place this season, miles behind champions Inter Milan, and had a lacklustre run in the Champions League and the domestic cups.

Pioli, who led the Rossoneri to their first Serie A title in over a decade in 2022, was brought on board in 2019.

The 58-year-old Pioli will take his place in the dugout for Milan for the last time on Saturday in the final Serie A match of their campaign against relegated Salernitana.

According to reports in the Italian media, Paulo Fonseca, the Portuguese coach who has been in charge of French club Lille for the last two seasons, is in line to take over.-Agencies