Theo Hernandez published a goodbye message to the AC Milan fans yesterday and it was controversial to say the least. As highlighted this morning, it wasn’t appreciated by the club.
It had been in the pipeline for quite some time, but Al-Hilal officially announced the signing of Hernandez yesterday afternoon. It’s believed that Milan will get €25-30m for the player, while the latter will earn around €20m per year at his new club (!).
Given the importance of the Frenchman over the years, especially in the Scudetto season, it’s not a sale that the fans have celebrated heavily. In his goodbye message, Hernandez also sent a message to the club: “Some recent decisions do not reflect the values or ambition that brought me here”.
As reported by today’s edition of Gazzetta dello Sport (see photo below), the farewell message wasn’t exactly appreciated by Milan. The Rossoneri believe that they protected the player at all times, even when his performances weren’t good, and the message thus surprised them.
Between an evident drop in quality, along with no consistency whatsoever, Milan felt that they couldn’t offer a renewal at the figures Hernandez requested. As such, when he criticised the club in the message, the Rossoneri felt he didn’t take his own faults into consideration.
Nevertheless, all parties now consider the chapter closed and will move on to other matters. Then again, Milan could have done without the controversy and inevitable chatter among the fans; a direct result of Theo’s words.
