Mike Maignan has entered Real Madrid’s list of potential summer targets as they continue to have doubts over how much Thibaut Courtois can contribute.
After the confirmation of a new injury for Courtois – which will leave him out of actions for two months – Fichajes reports that Real Madrid are evaluating their options for who should be the starting goalkeeper next season.
Courtois was in the process of recovering from a cruciate ligament injury and has not played since August last year, but he has been again affected by a tear of the internal meniscus in his right knee, thus suffering a setback.
With uncertainty surrounding Courtois’ availability for the start of next season, Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez is considering three options to reinforce that particular role.
One of them is Diogo Costa, a 24-year-old Portuguese goalkeeper who is currently at Porto. He is a starter for the Portugal national team and has been a target for Los Blancos for some time.
Another option is Maignan, the 28-year-old French goalkeeper who currently plays for Milan. Considered one of the best goalkeepers in the world, his possible exit could depend on the financial needs of Milan, who ‘seek to obtain income to invest in new signings’ as per the source.
The third option is to stick with Andriy Lunin, who has occupied the Real Madrid goal this season due to Courtois’ injuries and has surpassed Kepa in the hierarchy. Although Lunin has been impressive and is only 25, he still raises some doubts in important moments.
The LaLiga club will wait to see his performances in the remainder of the Champions League before making a final decision, considering that it would not require an additional investment if he were to show himself to be up to the task.
As a reminder, Maignan did not train with the rest of the France squad on Tuesday as they continue to prepare for the friendlies over the break, with Didier Deschamps stating he has a ‘little concern’.
I hate to see Mike leave, but if Real come in with 80mil + I don’t think the owners are gonna turn it down
Honestly if it happens, I say we at least ask for 50 plus Lunin. He’s been impressing and I doubt he wants to remain glued to their bench
Lunins contract will expire in 2025 so valuating him at 30 mil compared to taking 80+ mil outright seems like an excessive over valuation of the ukranian player who currently is valuated at 8 mil at transfermarkt.
And maignan is not worth 80 mil more like 65-70, so getting Lunin +50 for maignan is fair imo
That might be but he set forward the proposal of 80+mil himself and then largely downsized the offer by a different proposition that certainly isnt of the same interest as i view it.
Nah, I doubt Real would spend that much on a GK, their philosophy is to attack without going through the GK. PL clubs, PSG and Bayern are the most likely destinations for Maignan.
That said,I think a fair price for Maignan would be 70+ million at the end of this season.
hope Mike stay & back to his best after contract extension, but if he leave i pick Carneschi/ DiGregorio,
btw Gigio got slaughter by England, he became high demand mediocre gk
Mike is a very good gk, but I see Real Madrid paying so high for his service
Lunin’s save stats are way better than Mike’s, including even saving a penalty
Real would be crazy to bench him for Mike.
Real would also be crazy to pay 80mill for a backup to Lunin.
Unless he has a severe drop in form, I suspect Lunin will be the future GK at Real
60-70 mil and we sell him, replace him with Di Gregorio for 20 mil