Preferred and deserved.
When (or if) Milan finally:
- Sort out their ownership bullshit i.e. find an owner who isn't a Chinese fraud or a vulture fund
- Stop flagrantly breaking the rules of FFP (€70m spent in January when they don't have that kind of money etc)
- Receive a deserved harsh Settlement Agreement (which is what precedent and fairness demand)
- Lawfully fulfill and complete that Settlement Agreement
- Stop hiring former legends with zero experience for positions of power at the club
- And finally earn their top 4 place on the pitch
- (bonus: maybe learn a little humility along the way)
When all those steps are complete, I'll say nothing ill of them should they qualify for CL. Until then, they can eat shit and rot in mediocrity in perpetuity.
Not enough people realise, what you're watching with Milan is this - they are an old hack, living off former glory, trying to cheat their way back into relevance by spending money they don't have and receiving favorable decisions they don't deserve (voluntary withdrawal from Europa League etc), all while being insufferable pricks along the way. It's pathetic and utterly distasteful.