So how do you explain Ibrahim Ba?
How do you explain them letting players stay on at the club till they rot?
Ibrahim Ba was allowed to do the trainings with the team and he was paid with peanuts (i don't know if he was getting any money at all). I think he played only one match, as a sub, during the entire season, and he wasn't even registered for Europe. He is their scout for Africa (i think together with Desailly) so it was probably part of the plan. Lots of teams have former players in the team staff. Ba wanted to be a player for one more year before he starts working something else.
Maldini shouldn't even be counted. Juve will do the same with Del Piero, Manchester with Giggs, Real with Raul, Inter with Zanetti, and many other teams did the same in the past. The club legend retires in the club, whenever he thinks it's time to retire.
As for the other players...Cafu, Serginho, Dida. Milan tried to get rid of them and their monster wages, but these players didn't want to terminate the contract and they stayed in Milan, mostly not even playing, waiting their contracts to expire.
They say they are a family as an excuse for Galliani's weak transfer dealings.
They make me sick. Just like Barca they pretend to be something more than a football club and people fall for that.