How Chelsea’s transfer pursuit of Mike Maignan was scuppered by AC Milan as next steps revealed

“At the beginning of the summer, Chelsea put Mike Maignan at the top of their list for goal and seriously considered bringing him to the Club World Cup. For a week, it was thought a deal worth around €18m would be finalised,” Bianchin said. “Allegri, shortly after taking office, asked to start over with the captain’s goalkeeper, and AC Milan followed suit: they removed Maignan from the market, a decision that didn’t help negotiations with Strasbourg, Chelsea’s sister club, for Guéla Doué.”