Things are moving quite quickly with Theo Hernandez, it seems, and a move to Al-Hilal is close to being wrapped up with AC Milan.
Since refusing the move earlier this month, no one has been able to satisfy Milan and their demands. So, with the threat of no game time present, Theo began to speak about the idea of Saudi Arabia again, with the offer still on the table.
Yesterday, the left-back stated that he was open to the move, and this was confirmed in a meeting with the Rossoneri today. So, the next steps are there to be taken.
The latest
As our colleague Luca Maninetti writes, Simone Inzaghi has had ‘direct contact’ with Theo to make him finally accept the proposal on the table to move to the Middle East. To the point where a deal is ‘one step away’.
Things should close between the two parties around the €29 million mark, which is a superb deal considering the position in which the Diavolo are currently in.
Deal done soon
Daniele Longo, this afternoon, stated that a ‘full agreement’ had been reached with the Diavolo and Al-Hilal in a deal worth €25m plus bonuses. Furthermore, the defender will earn €20m per season in the Middle East. According to the journalist, paperwork is the only thing left to sort.
This was also near-enough confirmed by the ever-reliable Matteo Moretto, who stated that the left-back is close to the move. In fact, Al-Hilal even feel they have him ‘in their grasp’.
Finally, MilanNews add to this, stating that Inzaghi’s role in negotiations has been pivotal, and the defender’s willingness to join comes from him. It is also stated that the deal should be worth €29m in total.
Not sure I’d move to the middle east right now.
Yeah, there is a lot of uncertainty right now.
Better sit it out one year in Milan than moving the whole family to the the region.
On the other hand, Saudi is quite safe I think compared to where it’s all happening right now.
Iran and Saudi Arabia are direct adversaries. And there are US bases in Saudi Arabia I think.
Saudi Arabia isn’t at any risk.
And I doubt his family will move there, he probably will work away from home for a year or two.
Either way, sad end to what could have been a triumphant finish, I was hoping he’d leave for free on a high like Kessie rather than this.
Shhh.
It is in Saudi, he will be fine. Qatar got some missiles launched at them because Iran and Qatar are cool diplomatically so they can soothe this over. But hitting Saudi will be a huge problem.
Unexpected cash windfall for Milan. Especially if the Musah sale goes through as well. 50mil from two players.
Wondering why Theo can’t put his head down, stay at Milan and become a legend .
Can’t believe that one of our biggest stars in recent years leaves us for Saudia.
It’s actually painful to realize that he prefers that instead of becoming legend with us.
Bye bye loser
Yeah. He’s a loser, sure. With the 3-year contract he will earn 60 million Euro. I guess you are not a loser, so I assume in the next 3 years you will earn at least 70 million Euro, right? Right?
And to add to that its tax free, no personal income tax
Furlani told him to leave you donkey. Where do they find these fkn people – you live under a rock @Shaggy?? You should be thanking him he went to SA so at least we got some $＄for him instead of losing him for nothing next year.
You’re the only loser kid. Go back to bed
I know he’s not been the same the last couple of years but I don’t think I’ll see a LB half as good as Theo for Milan for the next 20 years.
In a few years Barts will be better
Bartesaghi isn’t one tenth of the player that Theo is, and never will be. I say, unfortunately, because of course I’d like what you are saying to be true, but it isn’t.
Theo had several excellent seasons for us. Then he got exhausted, over-worked, and unmotivated; also had personal problems, and for all these reasons, his game suffered. Also, I do understand that Theo is hot-headed, has discipline problems, and is less professional than what is desired. But he is a talented footballer. I do think that his time with Milan was over and he would never be motivated to play for Milan again; his last season with us was quite detrimental, so it’s good for us that he’s leaving and we are making 29 M out of it instead of losing him for free, but I do regret that things happened the way they did. It could have been avoided, and even though like I said I see Theo’s problems and his share of responsibility for how things turned out, I still think that the bulk of the fault is with the administrators.
Blood money.
Everyone who accepts money from those ppl and that cult, should honestly be tried and jailed for life.
You fail to realise that kerkez left Milan because of Theo.Are you sure you are milanista?
Atletico aside, no top club wanted him. Even they offered ridiculous amount for him. Cash in and run.
Unfortunately for Theo (and that part is indeed in great part his own fault), he grew a reputation for being a troublemaker and unprofessional. Clubs often will shy away from a footballer, even when talented, when they suspect that he will be disruptive to the locker room and will show less than ideal commitment to the team.
Still, Atleti sporting administrators wanted him but the owner and the fans didn’t, and this was in great part thanks to Theo having committed the ultimate sin in their eyes, that of going from Atleti to Real. Also and unwisely, Theo publicly criticized Atleti after he moved to Real. Just like we don’t forgive Çalhanoğlu for moving from us to Inter and publicly criticizing Milan, Atleti fans didn’t forgive Theo.
I wish him good luck. Like others said, a footballer’s career is time-limited and the opportunity to earn 60 million Euros in 3 years is too much to decline, because he will be able to provide for his family for the rest of his and their lives, with this kind of money.
Those who are criticizing him for it should ask themselves: if they were offered this kind of money, would they say no? I think that 99.9% of the people criticizing him would say yes.
“Those who are criticizing him for it should ask themselves: if they were offered this kind of money, would they say no? I think that 99.9% of the people criticizing him would say yes.”
I 1000% agree with this, but where was this same logic when it was Gigio Donnarumma or Kessie saying yes to a lot of money?
People call them Ke$$ie and Dollarumma.
I see, the energy isn’t the same for every player.
BTW Gigio and Kessie were true professionals and gave their all for the club until the final whistle of their final game for Milan, same with Hakan, Romagnoli and Bonaventura. Thats not something that we can say about Theo Hernández.
Yes, I said Theo was less than professional, had discipline problems, was hot-headed, his commitment to the team was suffering as he was unmotivated, therefore had a big share of the responsibility for how things turned out (but he was also mistreated by our incompetent administrators). If you read my other posts here, you’ll see that I am perfectly aware of his problems.
I never hated Kessie and Donnarumma as some other Milan fans do. I liked both, and regretted that they left and weren’t properly replaced. The long absence of a true defensive midfielder was a killer for us. Maignan is OK but all the goals he conceded at the near post wouldn’t have happened with Donnarumma. I do not blame them for leaving for much higher pay, and at the time I said so. Being a footballer is a profession, not a hobby; one needs to think of salary and of the time-limited ability to earn significant money, These people have families.
But when someone here calls Theo a “loser” for accepting an offer of 60 million Euro in three years, I think that it is an exaggeration. Frankly, I wished I were as good at my profession, and got offered 60 M Euro. I think there is a huge dose of hypocrisy when people criticize footballers for accepting this kind of offer, given that it is unlikely that they would decline a similar offer, if only they were good enough in what they do to get such offer.
As for Hakan, I have much more trouble forgiving him, unlike Kessie and Gigio. Hakan badmouthed Milan once he moved to our biggest rivals. That was unnecessary. Kessie and Donnarumma never did that.
In what way did Milan incompetent administrators mistreated Theo?
He didn’t deserve a pay raise.
He wanted to leave last summer, but just like this summer, no team around Europe wanted him.
He was given the captains armband and then rightfully stripped because instead of a leader, he was a cancer for the team.
He came into the season fat, out of shape and unfocused..
The reason for so many goals conceded.
The reason for a coach being fired.
The reason for the locker room being broken.
The reason why Milan got knocked out of the Champions League.
Did I miss something?
Please enlighten me. In what way, Milan incompetent management mistreated him? Were they supposed to reward him for all the mess he created with his play and especially with his behavior?
“In what way did Milan incompetent administrators mistreated Theo?”
Milan incompetent mistreated Théo by their lack if not absence of communication.
We had Ibrahimović early summer declaration that he and Mike were happy and were going to renew (which was a lie since they didn’t communicate at that point with either player) which Théo felt as a disrespect.
And then you have the management ghosting Théo and his agent up until January when Como’s offer came, neither making it clear that they want him out, not offering him a new contract.
For monthes, Théo and his agent never received an offer (not even a low one) nor were informed that the management doesn’t intend to renew.
And considering how they fired Fonseca (the man didn’t even know it himself and the press told him), the whole saga with Maldini, the Ibra “tone” with Calabria, this won’t be the first time they don’t know how to talk to people.
Like in the end, it’s not that one side is right and the other is wrong, both sides here were unprofessionnal and disrespectful to one another.
Z, you said please enlighten me. I do understand sarcasm but I should still say that I’m not someone who wants to enlighten anybody; I simply express my opinion.
For me, there were two issues the administrators failed Theo for: first, they never provided a suitable deputy to him, resulting in his being overworked and exhausted; they really ran Theo to the ground. Second, when he was at his Milan prime and really contributing a lot to our victories including in the Scudetto season, Theo deserved higher compensation. At the time he had offers from other teams and decided to stay at Milan for less money. I think at that point, the administrators should have given him a raise. At the time he was a world-class player but wasn’t being paid as such, and accepted the situation to remain with us. When I say this could have been avoided, I think it wasn’t unreasonable at the time to INITIATE an offer for a contract renewal for more money, in thanks for the excellent services provided, while simultaneously also hiring someone decent for that LB position, to give Theo some relief instead of playing him for 90+ minutes every single game.
Had these two things happened timely, maybe the situation would never have deteriorated this fast.
While like I said Theo is to be blamed for lackluster commitment this past season and for lack of professionalism, and while I know that the shortcomings you mention are real, maybe he would never have been unmotivated, and would never have acted unprofessionally, if he were happy and motivated by feeling trusted and rewarded.
A third issue is when they fired Paolo Maldini, Theo’s mentor and idol. Yes, Theo did suffer a blow from that. Nobody among Milan players had such a relationship to Paolo as Theo did.
While everything that you said did happen this past season (and partially even the season before) and Theo is to blame for part of it, it wasn’t true of other seasons. So, Theo is young, not at the end of his career. Did he suddenly forget how to play football??? His steep decline is more environmental and personal, than athletic. He is fully responsible for the personal shortcomings, but the administrators are responsible for the environmental issues.
Maybe you are failing to realize that these things are interconnected. Certainly highly professional players don’t allow themselves to be disrupted by the environmental issues, but not all players are like that, and it is the responsibility of good administrators to manage all players in the best possible way. I do not believe that they did that, regarding Theo.
No, after this past season indeed he didn’t deserve a raise and a renewal. But the cause of the environmental issues happened BEFORE his disastrous season.
Keep your players happy and you will face much fewer discipline and commitment problems. It’s as simple as that.
If Theo wasn’t happy with his salary or with not having a deputy or because his daddy Maldini got fired, he should have left Milan, not to stay and sabotage the team.
Grown men are solution oriented people. Theo is not a grown man. That’s why he misses his daddy Maldini.
Instead of looking for a solution, he decided to act up.
There is a reason no team wants him. That no team wants to take advantage of Milan’s “mistreatment; of Theo so they can snap him up and treat him properly.
No team wants him. Real, City, Liverpool all needed a LB and all signed a LB for a lot more money than Theo would have cost them. Liverpool signed the player who Pioli and Maldini wouldn’t even call up to sit on the bench with the first team and back up Theo. Remember Kerkez? Liverpool decided to rather spend more money on him than on Theo. And it’s not because Theo is old and Kerkez young. Theo is only 27.
Milan mistreated Kessie and Hakan because they never got a raise. Bakayoko, who spent 2 years doing nothing at Milan was getting paid more than Hakan and Kessie who played every game. They didn’t like the situation but they did their job like professionals and then left.
Theo got his raise. He was the highest paid player on the team and only Leao made more money than him. He was absolutely not mistreated.
Again, I don’t doubt that Theo has personal shortcomings, and I extensively said as much. But yes, not all players are mature and highly professional. Some are immature and prone to several untoward behaviors (which clearly is Theo’s case). That’s EXACTLY why good administrators need to MANAGE each player, and there is no “one size fits all.” There isn’t a team in which ALL players are equally mature and equally highly professional. If that were the case, there wouldn’t be a need for managers.
AT THE TIME (not now, but at the time) when Theo was at his Milan peak, he should have been paid the same as Rafa was being paid. They were sort of a unit, Theão. They were equally important to Milan’s success. There was no justification for Rafa to make 7 million while Theo made 4. At the time, Theo should have been upgraded to 7 as well. He did receive offers from other teams for more money but said at the time he wanted to stay with Milan. Did you forget that part? THAT was when the administrators should have rewarded him for that, and should have said “we don’t want you to regret not going elsewhere; we like you and want to reward you.”
Yes, Theo has ENORMOUS daddy problems. Don’t you know his personal history? Theo’s father suddenly abandoned his mother, let her despondent with her kids, and wouldn’t pay alimony, making it difficult for them to even eat decently. Theo HATES his father to the point that he dislikes having the name Hernandez on his jersey. So, yes, he latched onto Paolo Maldini who was for him a substitute father figure, and yes, once Paolo was fired, Theo suffered. Instead of mocking him for it, maybe you should consider understanding a bit more Theo’s life history.
Look, Origi STILL TODAY makes as much money as Theo does, for playing zero games. He scored a grand total of 2 goals for Milan. He didn’t push the team to a Scudetto like Theo did. But… same salary. Do you think it’s fair?
Anyway, whatever. Keep your opinion. I’ll keep mine.
Leao doesn’t make 7 million. He makes 5m plus 2 million in bonuses that most likely he doesn’t collect because, well, because he can’t score goals, even though that’s his job.
When it comes if it’s fair for Theo and Origi to make the same money, that’s a question for Maldini and Massara. They are the ones that gave Origi that contract, not me.
Neither Origi deserved the 4 mil a year nor Theo deserved to get paid more than 4 mil a year at Milan. Since he got that contract extension his form started to decline.
Theo according to reports wanted 8 million, money he didn’t deserve. Why would he get a raise even though he plays worse than he did when he got that contract?
Couldn’t care less about Theo’s daddy’s issues. He gets paid more enough to get professional help in solving those issues. Milan, or any other club, isn’t a kindergarten. I bet most players are dealing with something in their personal life.
Not to mention his numerous off the pitch issues. Are those also because he didn’t get paid like Leao, or because he didn’t have a back up? It isn’t because Maldini wasn’t Milan director anymore.
All you and Theo fanboys are doing is looking for million excuses to justify his awful behavior, poor play and effort.
Milan have mistreated few players, but Theo Hernández isn’t one of them.
Comparing Theo with Donna and kessi, Theo is not leaving for free, he didn’t create the false impression of staying and signing contracts. I know you are Theo hater but check your facts for once!!
Can’t reply to your latest post since for some reason it lacks a replay button (maybe because it is so misguided, haha).
You’re just a Theo and Leão hater. You’re well known for that. It seems like you are not a true Milanista; all you do is hate on Milan players. Aren’t you an Interista, here in disguise? One wonders.
I said AT THE TIME he deserved a raise. Are you able to comprehend written English??? You keep repeating that this past season he didn’t deserve a raise. No, he didn’t, like I ALSO SAID. But AT THE TIME he did deserve one, and as it didn’t happen, maybe things would have been different if it did happen, and this disastrous last season wouldn’t have been that disastrous. Read the other response you got from another poster, about more recent mistreatment. I preferred to focus on past mistreatment.
It doesn’t matter if Maldini made a huge mistake by hiring Origi with a huge salary. It matters that this horrible player who isn’t even playing and isn’t even at Milanello any longer, keeps making 4M per year, same as Theo, which is a joke. No wonder Theo was upset, regardless of who started the Origi contract.
Yes, Theo’s daddy issues are understandable. No, it’s not a question of Milan being a kindergarten. It’s a question of helping players through issues instead of piling up on them. Milan’s managers and recent coaches were utterly incompetent when managing players, not only Theo. That’s a fact. You don’t seem to understand that psychological issues are important. These people are human beings, not machines. But a hater like you won’t get it.
Leão doesn’t reach bonuses because he doesn’t score? Where were you when he scored 12 goals and 9 assists this past season? Of course he made his bonuses and his salary is indeed 7 M counting the bonuses. And this production was achieved while he played significantly fewer minutes due to the silly war Fonseca (and to some degree the disastrous Conceição) waged on him, using him as a scapegoat when he was not the culprit for how the season was going (actually Theo did much worse than Rafa). But I know that you won’t ever acknowledge it because you are not just a Theo hater; you’re also a Rafa hater.
Theo had an awful season but he’s been with us for 6 seasons and he had fabulous ones too; like I said he didn’t unlearn how to play football; there were many intervening factors and the managers and coaches failed to manage him. This wouldn’t have happened with a coach like Gasperini who understands personality issues and off-field issues and actually helps his players work through them, which is why players love him and CONSISTENTLY tend to play better for Atalanta than for other clubs, before and after their stints with Atalanta.
I’m done with you. Like I said, keep your opinion (the hateful ones) and I will keep mine. Go post your hatred at SemperInter.
He will not play forever. Go and make money. No player will ever be a legend with this Milan until a proper owner buys this club.
So sad bro. You have been from hero to zero…in one year…sorry… You are not like maldini…never…
Sad to see him go. When he was at his best he was top 1-3 LB’s in the world. All he needed was a solid coach to bring that out of him again. I think he would have achieved that will Allegri. But it is what it is. Let’s just hope they use the $ on a quality player and not some young pup or washed player like in past. Huge hole to fill.
Thank you Theo and good luck
This guy did not rest in Milan and France
Yet nobody sees leao as that player that expose Theo on the other hand,Theo best season came wen rebic was in the left wing both of them combined together and cover for each other,
Leao ,gives out possession wen Theo come to overlap ,and u expect Theo to fly 🕊️🕊️ 💸💸💸 and pass leao and cover for the ball
I will rather sale leao for 175m and keep Theo
175m will reshape this team
175 +55=230m
230m
Will sign Rodrigo for 80m for leao replacement
Sign cheisa 20m
Sign fazzini for reidjnad replacement 20m
Play + cash for rovella 20m
Player + cash for ricci 20m
Sign leoni 20m
Total 180m
Give jovic another year
Bring back morata
Abraham too he was not bad at all
Save 60m for the losses
Another punch in the gut.
It’s hard to keep supporting this club of following modern football.