That Milan’s management, despite the repeated “We have everything under control” reassurances from Moncada and Ibrahimovic during the season, has created an outright sporting (and financial) disaster in handling the contract situations of Theo Hernandez and Mike Maignan is beyond any doubt. Talks to renew the Rossoneri full-back’s contract never truly got underway, while the situation with the goalkeeper borders on the grotesque: Furlani and company never formalized the agreement that had been reached back in February—what began with a handshake never made it to the signing stage, and Maignan has understandably taken that personally.
Maignan-Chelsea talks: An inevitable exit?
Attempts by Tare and Allegri to calm the situation seem futile, as France’s first-choice goalkeeper already has his mind set on the Premier League—specifically, Chelsea. The Blues have yet to meet Milan’s valuation of the player, but various signals suggest that the deal is all but inevitable: Maresca’s side has set a tight deadline due to the upcoming Club World Cup, so we won’t have to wait long for the final outcome.
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No Excuses for On-Field Collapse
Having acknowledged this string of glaring errors by the management—something that must be reiterated to avoid misunderstandings—it’s equally fair to shift the focus to another point: in the Milan team that finished eighth in the league and lost the Coppa Italia final to Bologna, both Maignan and Theo were on the pitch, and like most of their teammates, delivered subpar performances over a stretch too long to be ignored. Playing in Milan’s environment this year must have been extremely difficult, but what was seen on the pitch came dangerously close to being labeled a disaster.
And “disaster” isn’t used lightly here, especially considering how Maignan himself responded with arrogance and smugness at the end of the season to a legitimate question from one of our colleagues. “Since even with two different coaches things didn’t improve and the season’s been a disaster, what exactly is it that you need at Milanello?” was the question, posed calmly and without provocation, as relayed via Milannews. Maignan’s reply, at a time when Milan sat ninth in the table, out of the Champions League and with a Coppa Italia final that could never salvage the season, was: “We need people like you to tell us what to do.” Beyond the rudeness, it’s disheartening to see that self-criticism was completely absent at Milanello this year.
You can come up with all the excuses in the world—and many of them are even quite valid—but the fact that the team’s “key” players repeatedly came up short when it mattered most cannot go unnoticed. So, the potential end-of-season exodus, beyond any tensions with the management, shouldn’t come as a surprise: self-reflection and the desire to prove they’re more than just eighth-place-level players clearly do not apply to these so-called “champions.” They’re abandoning ship after helping to sink it. Allegri and Tare will have to go above and beyond to piece everything back together.
