Despite reaching an agreement with Mike Maignan over a contract renewal, AC Milan have decided to delay the signature as they want the input of their next sporting director, a report claims.
Contract renewals have been a sensitive topic at Milan in recent years, with the likes of Gigio Donnarumma and Hakan Calhanoglu leaving for free. Then, before an agreement was eventually reached, there was a complicated negotiation with Rafael Leao.
In short, the fact that Milan fans are worried about Mike Maignan and Theo Hernandez – who both will expire in 2026 – is no surprise. According to today’s edition of Corriere dello Sport (via MilanNews), the Rossoneri have an agreement with Maignan over a renewal, but they have decided to wait.
The new deal would extend the goalkeeper’s contract until 2028, with a pay rise from €2.8m per season to €5m. Only the signature is missing as things stand and it will be missing for a little longer, as the Rossoneri are keen on consulting their next sporting director on the matter.
Maignan’s performances haven’t been the best in the last two seasons and there is some concern regarding the future. Unlike Tijjani Reijnders who renewed a few weeks ago, therefore, the Frenchman’s future is yet to be fully decided.
I think Maignan should be sold this summer. Poor injury record and he is definitely on a decline. Paying a high salary at his age is not a good investment given that he is injury prone and get even save a penalty.
Maignan should be sold along with these players:
Theo
Chukwueze
Okafor
Tomori
Jovic
Emerson Royal
Ruben Loftus Cheek
Abraham – return to Roma
Sotill – return to Fiorentina
Joao Felix – return to Chelsea
Florenzi – sell or let go.
All these players need to be replace with better quality players this summer.
You sell all these players and you have a decent war chest even outside of CL. The question is can you actually offload this bunch at a good price?
I would keep sottil(great for homegrown and can player multiple positions) and florenzi(lower his salary, but is great for experience and teaching younger players).but maignan is still young for a goalkeeper, if I remember correctly keepers peak at 34 statisticaly. Some keepers until their 40s so it’s kinda nonsense that he’s too old.
Ugh, just let him signed the renewal already. It’s not like we have a short list of GK. This kinds of reminds me of Kessie saga, where he wants to renew but we move slow then he changed his minds about the wage.