AC Milan was eliminated from the Champions League last week and they currently sit in 11th place in Series A, 40 points behind Juventus.

Paolo Maldini, who spent 25 seasons at San Siro, is angered by the current state of his former club.

Speaking to Gazzetta dello Sport, he said: "I watched the game (against Parma), as well as the match with Atletico and nearly all of those of the past two years.

"Inside me there is a mixture of anger and disappointment, not so much for the results, because the club has previously been 10th or 11th, but because the impression is that they have thrown away what was built with hard work over the previous 10 years.

"For me this is very bad. Milan have had the good fortune of having many winning cycles with similar synergies of men. I know how much work there was behind so many triumphs, what it took to build such a beautiful story. To see it all destroyed drives me crazy.

"There is no project; they look at today and not tomorrow. You have to buy players functional to the game, do not sign only on a free. You may get it right sometimes, but not always. And then if you hand out a colossal contract, it serves no purpose. But the problem is structural."