Like Donald Trump and the American TV show “The Apprentice,” Silvio Berlusconi has some thoughts about an organization he’s no longer the face of. The former AC Milan owner and president of Italy says it is painful to watch his ex-club as they struggle in Serie A in their first season since his 31-year reign ended.

 

Despite new owner Yonghong Li committing over €200 million to signing 11 new players in the summer, they remain off the pace in Serie A with a 15-point gap to the summit and 12 points between them and the top four.

 

Berlusconi says he has been disappointed to see how his former club have been run since his departure.

 

"I've not been back to the stadium since, but when I see Milan on TV, it hurts me," Berlusconi said in an interview on his own Mediaset Canale 5 channel to be aired on Thursday evening.

 

"I'm very disappointed because I see that the agreements I had taken at the beginning with the new owners, which were taken for the good of the team, are not those I see now. It was foreseen that there would be more sponsors, but they have not arrived."

 

Berlusconi's remarks come a month after he first criticized his former club, accusing them of spending badly in the summer transfer window and saying that they should not keep coach Vincenzo Montella, who he had never wanted to appoint in the first place.