AC Milan ultras have released a statement after Stefano Pioli replaced the sacked Marco Giampaolo.

Giampaolo was axed on Tuesday after just seven games and 111 days in charge, a new club record.

“Time's up… you have to prove yourselves!" read a statement from the Curva Sud ultras.

“This was the banner we laid out in the stands on Saturday during the Genoa game, representing a population of Milanisti exhausted by the continual embarrassment of this club.

“Every time we think that we've hit rock bottom, the situation precipitates even more. We supported the new project of young players, accepting with heavy heart the fact we wouldn't see top players arrive, at least for the moment.

“We watched, stunned, the failed Giampaolo era, a choice strongly backed by the current directors only to be thrown out the window after not even three months of work (quite rightly).

“We saw a summer transfer campaign filled with missed targets, replaced at the last minute by other players who had never even been mentioned before for the new Milan project.

“Today, after all this, we find ourselves faced with another change of direction, the latest of recent years. We don't want to express ourselves on the technical merits of the new Coach, as always that will be judged by the playing field."