It appears as though Theo Hernandez might be getting the same treatment as Rafael Leao, with Paulo Fonseca planning to keep him on the bench.
Theo is without a doubt one of the most talked about players at the moment both because of the stories surrounding his renewal but also the fact that his performances on the field have been below his usual high level.
The Frenchman has been far from the elite-level left-back we have learned to appreciate and admire over the years, and the fact he was benched on Sunday against Genoa was a direct consequence of a series of things that Fonseca did not accept.
According to MilanNews, Fonseca’s plan is that the former Real Madrid man will remain on the bench from minute one on Friday evening for the match against Verona at the Stadio MarcAntonio Bentegodi.
This would favour Alejandro Jimenez, who was admittedly one of the best performers on the pitch against Genoa. Nonetheless, the Milan vice-captain still has three training sessions available to be able to change the coach’s mind.
Meanwhile, yesterday Theo’s agent Manuel Garcia Quillon visited the directors at Casa Milan to talk about his client’s situation. Despite the negative trend recently, he reiterated that the desire is to stay and renew.
Is it waiting to be ranked 15th before firing Fonseca?
If many star players do not perform or are limp under Fonseca’s damn tactics. Be prepared to lose them.
Omg just play jimenez rb and theo lb
Exactly!
I would play Jimenex instead of chuku, especially without Musah.
His purpose here is to sanction Theo and since Jimenez convinced him or was convincing, Jimenez would probably remain our left-back for a while and Theo would be frozen.
For Fonseca there is no reason to use Jimenez as a RB since he is satistied with the marvel named Emerson Royal.
If he trains well then play Jimenez at RB and Theo at LB.
The squad is going to be very thin for this game. No Pulisic, Okafor, Musah, RLC, Bennacer, Florenzi, Jovic.
Doubts also for Abraham and Morata.
Jimenez was the only one performing really well against Genoa so I doesn’t see anything controversial in such choice. In fact he played better than Theo had done all season.
Hopefully the Frenchman will get some minutes though as well so we can get him up in gear but as things stands he hasn’t got anything to sulk about if Jimenez starts the match.
play jiminez as rb im tired of royal and then play theo in lb
I’m liking this coach more and more each day.