While waiting for Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s return to be made official, Mike Maignan demonstrated last night against Fiorentina that he is now very much one of the leaders of this AC Milan team, if not the definitive leader.
Calciomercato.com report that Maignan has made it clear that he has now inherited Ibrahimovic’s role inside the dressing room. The French goalkeeper, also against Fiorentina, set an example: despite a small problem suffered after the saving from Beltran, he remained on the pitch to fight with his team-mates in order to bring home a win which is worth a lot both in the table and for confidence.
If Theo Hernandez was decisive by scoring the winning penalty that he himself caused, Maignan can be considered the man who saved the result. His late stop on Mandragora was one that only great goalkeepers can make, so Magic Mike put his signature on the three points.
There is also a good dose of luck, of course, but the courage and reactivity certainly cannot be understated. Today the former Lille man is among the best in the world in his position, and the negotiations over the renewal of the contract will soon enter the operational phase.
Both of them deserved to get a renewal.
Theo’s agent has said many times that Theo wants to stay in Milan for years to come and also his wife/partner is also Italian, so it would be shocking to see him leave. It would be interesting to see how much would we be willing to offer him.
Mike on the other hand would be so difficult to replace. His leadership and shot stopping has saved us many times, we just saw that yesterday. If we can settle at 6M it should be a done deal.
Some reports say Mike played last night with high fever. And he put world class performance on display. That’s something rare to come by nowadays when everything revolves around greens. Don’t forget how we suffered when he was injured last season.
but we suffered becasue 10 players played like šhit, the gk was not at fault for that