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Maldini: 'Calm' Gattuso has Milan's confidence

The Italian manager has the full support of everybody at the club, according to his former team-mate

Paolo Maldini says Gennaro Gattuso is a far more balanced character than his intense touchline demeanour suggests and remains the right man for AC Milan.

Gattuso, a famously fiery figure during his playing days, is nearing the one-year anniversary of his appointment as Vincenzo Montella's successor at San Siro.

The ex-Italy midfielder has yet to completely convince in that time and has seen his position become a source of speculation, with Antonio Conte consistently linked to the role.

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But Maldini, who recently returned to Milan as a director, is firmly in his former team-mate's corner.