Until a few days ago, the Frenchman hoped to be going to Chelsea and playing in the Club World Cup. However, the deal fell apart as no agreement over a transfer fee was found, so now the risk is that he remains and leaves on a free transfer in June 2026.
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport (seen below), negotiations for the renewal of Maignan’s contract will be resumed from the end of the transfer window onwards. The Frenchman will remain in his place as the number one, mostly because MassimilianoAllegri ‘is crazy about him’.
That is partly why the Rossoneri held firm when the goalkeeper and the Blues were pushing to get to the deal done. Now the management is convinced that the risk of Magic Mike leaving has been practically averted because Allegri’s words have ‘made an impression’ on the former Lille man.
Maignan is coming off a complicated season in terms of performance and on some occasions he made serious errors, for example in the first leg of the Champions League playoffs against Feyenoord.
The agreement for the extension of his contract had already been reached at €5m net per year, but it was not signed and the decline in his performances pushed the Rossoneri directors to lower the economic offer.
Hence, a frost developed between the parties and Mike’s desire to leave Milan to fly to London, to Enzo Maresca. Giorgio Furlani and Igli Tare said no and are convinced that from September onwards the negotiations for the extension will also pick up again
