4 European Giants Who Have Fallen From Grace

AC Milan

From Ajax we move on to the team they beat in that final in 1995, AC Milan. The seven-time champions of Europe were once the beacon of Italian football, and were the leading light as recently as 2010/11 when they won the Serie A. They boasted one of the most formidable starting elevens when they became European champions in 2007. Legends such as Ronaldo, Maldini, Inzaghi, Seedorf, Gattuso and their golden boy Kaka all lit up the world once.

UEFA Champions League Winners of 2007.

Currently though, they are languishing in the Europa league and are nowhere near winning the Scudetto. They spent a huge £160 million on more than 10 players, trying to overhaul their team, but the plan did not work, like many of their other endeavours in recent times, perhaps due to desperation. Milan must concentrate on the talent in their own backyard, the academy, rather than spending a fortune on players from around the world. A team can't change overnight.