In 2007 Maignan was grappling with a big question: goalkeeper or striker? They called him the Pistolero like Luis Suarez, even though at the time the striker was only twenty and playing for Groningen. Mike was divided between boxing gloves and goals, but his first coach, Romain Damiano, advised him to continue in goal. Maignan was the starlet of Villiers le Bel, a village twenty kilometers from Paris. In 2009 he moved to PSG and convinced himself: “I’ll play in goal”. He never came out. And all of Milan thanks you.
Milan Champions, where Pioli’s players were at the time of the last 2007 semi-final
