One of the things that many AC Milan fans were wondering with the change in head coach was who will wear the armband, and the first answer has arrived.
Sergio Conceicao has not had much time to work with the team having only been announced as the new coach on December 29, but in his pre-match press conference he made it clear that he does not see that as an excuse.
One of the issues that has been spoken about is resolving who will be the captain. Davide Calabria is the official club captain but no longer has a guaranteed starting spot, so Theo Hernandez has regularly filled in as the vice.
Paulo Fonseca decided to take a more democratic approach, even giving the armband to Rafael Leao at one point, but now he is no longer in charge it has once again given everyone a clean slate.
The choice has fallen on Mike Maignan for the Juventus game. As one of the leaders of the dressing room, the goalkeeper will no doubt feel a sense of responsibility to ensure that the transition into a new era is as seamless as possible.
“We are here to act and react, we have to do better. I know my team-mates and we will try to do our best. The fans don’t like the results, but neither do we: we have a lot of ambitions,” the Frenchman said in his pre-match comments.
Taking the captains armband from that clown, great move by Conceicao. 👏👏👏.
Which one ? We have too many clowns in Milan.
The clown that used to wear the captain’s armband on regular basis that is in the lineup today.
I can bet that you will see very good things from the clown in case we start rolling under the new couch.
He’s the only choice really. Common sense prevails.
Gabbia could have served well too, but he just got benched for Tomori…
I don’t know if Gabbia has leadership in him. I know Mike does …
Good decision. It’s either Mike or Gabbia.
I don’t love GKs as captain given they’re generally restricted on being too far away from their area.
But Maignan is definitely a leader in the squad, and seems to have less of the petulance that Theo / Leao sometime demonstrate
Ideally longer term someone like Gabbia or Tijjani given the armband consistently.
It’s either Maignan or Maignan no one else…. Yes Theo or Gabbi can vice
Right choice 👌 maignan all the way please
Why is him not starting Gabbi your choice is a bad one l see someone who want to fell too, Gabbi is our best defender so far and he is in good form also so please why then with that choice then?
Right choice, right move. We need some sanity in the team. We can’t have our captain being the one that gives the team issues. Now, Theo and Leao will sit tight.