There was a time at Milan when Leonardo described his philosophy as “love and hugs.” Unlike Fabio Capello, the coach he had been likened to after reluctantly giving up a desk job at the club to then sit on the bench, Leonardo did not scream or shout on the sideline. “Gandhi,” he said, “freed India without raising his voice.” Educated. Elegant. Throughout much of his career as a player, director, coach then director again, Leonardo handled himself with a certain class, charm and style. Slurred repeatedly by Silvio Berlusconi throughout the 2009-10 campaign in Serie A, he rose above it all, comparing his former employer with Narcissus, while revealing in the same interview that he was reading Aleph by Paulo Coelho, a book about…