AC Milan have officially confirmed that Massimiliano Allegri has become the new head coach, returning 11 years after his previous stint.

He will take over from Sergio Conceicao as the head coach, who joined on December 30 but lasted just a few months.

Allegri has six Scudetto on his personal honours board – one with Milan and five with Juventus – plus three Supercoppa Italiani (one with Rossoneri, two in Turin) and holds the record for Coppa Italia wins: five, all with Bianconeri.

It has been known for some time that Milan were searching for a manager to lead them into a new era alongside the sporting director Igli Tare.

After a long list of names were linked, earlier in the week it became apparently that Allegri was candidate number one.

Contacts intensified between the parties and Allegri was convinced by the management, despite suggestions that he already had a verbal agreement to join Napoli in the event that Antonio Conte left the club.

The Italian is therefore back at Milan 11 years after he was sacked. In his first experience with the Rossoneri, he coached 178 games (91 victories, 49 draws, 38 defeats, 303 goals scored and 178 conceded), winning a Scudetto (2010-11) and a Supercoppa Italiana (2011).

He joins a Milan that must be reborn after a failed season, without any European football to think about and a project to launch. To mark a new era, the Diavolo felt they needed a coach like him: an experienced, winning coach with personality.