FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - DFB Cup - Semi Final - Hamburger SV v RB Leipzig - Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, Germany - April 23, 2019 RB Leipzig coach Ralf Rangnick before the match REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
MILAN (Reuters) - AC Milan have extended the contract of coach Stefano Pioli, the club said on Tuesday, as it abandoned widely-reported plans to replace him with former RB Leipzig and Schalke 04 coach Ralf Rangnick for next season.
Italian media have been reporting regularly since February that Milan have been in negotiations to hire the 62-year-old on the initiative of the club's chief executive Ivan Gazidis.
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