Trained at Paris Saint-Germain, Mike Maignan has now been the delight of AC Milan since 2021. Another player that the Ile-de-France club has let go.
At present, Mike Maignan is undoubtedly one of the 2 or 3 best goalkeepers in the world under the colors of AC Milan. Number 1 of the French team since the international retirement of Hugo Lloris, the native of Cayenne is at the top of his game and is obviously no stranger to the presence of his club in the last four of the Champions League or to the title acquired in 2022.
Maignan could however have exploded at Paris Saint-Germain, the club where he was trained between 2009 and 2015, but in which he did not have the slightest chance to show his talent (no professional match). A failure for the capital club that Bernard Lama does not digest as he confided to the newspaper The Team.
“PSG almost kicked him out”
“PSG almost kicked him out, like they did with othersregretted the 1998 world champion. We wonder where the club’s policy is, they should have loaned him to Lille, done like Bayern with Alexander Nübel (Monaco) and then see what happens. And if the guy stands out, we get him instead of going to buy a goalie and screwing up. In Milan, he performed immediately. Give me a better keeper than him? In Milan, he is regularly decisive. Just look at the number of goals conceded, it’s the justice of the peace.”
It was at LOSC that “Magic Mike” took off, notably stopping a penalty in his first pro game at the end of 2015. Then, it was Marcelo Bielsa who gave him a starting spot during the 2017-2018 season. After his title of champion of France in 2021, Maignan joins AC Milan for 15 million euros. This season, he has played 23 games in all competitions, for 9 clean sheets.
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