AC Milan legend Paolo Maldini feels the club has abandoned its history.

Maldini is sorry to see his old team languishing in the bottom half of the table.

"I started there when I was 10 and finished when I was 41. My father, Cesare, was captain, my kids are in the academy now. Milan is not just a team for me. It is part of my life. My family loves those colours.

"When I see it now, I feel sad. We built with other great players something unique and they didn't realise the importance of the men and the people.

"Only Franco Baresi works there now. No other former players. That is sad. Milan have a great tradition and they completely let it go. So the new generation, they do not understand. There is all that history of the club but now it is different."