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Mercato: A Deschamps player signs for PSG… thanks to his report card!
Published on July 1, 2024 at 9:30 a.m.
With a Master’s degree in international law, I realized at the end of my university studies that it was important to work in a field that you enjoy. Overnight, I decided to put an end to my parents’ dream of me becoming a future lawyer, to live my passion: sports. Since then, I have been covering transfer windows and sports news, trying to inform readers as best I can.
Today at AC Milan, Mike Maignan was trained at PSG. Born in Villiers-le-Bel located in the Val d’Oise department, the French goalkeeper had caught the eye of Parisian recruiters, impressed by his qualities, especially in the air. But before recruiting him, the capital club sent him a clear message.
Mike Maignan is a child of Val d’Oise. Like all the kids in the department, the goalkeeper aimed for PSG and finally achieved his dream. During his adolescence, the current goalkeeper of Milan AC, currently at theEuro, was spotted by Pierre Renaud, historic recruiter of the PSG. In comments reported by The teamthe latter mentioned Maignan’s qualities, already present from a very young age.
PSG recounts the recruitment of Maignan
« We had been watching him for a year or two. And what stood out to us was his athletic potential. He was already a cat, Mike. But what was also striking was his enormous personality. In his aerial outings, for example, he could make mistakes but every time, he got back to them. And to behave like that, at 12 or 13 years old, is very strong. ” told Renaud in everyday sports.
PSG set an incredible condition
But according to the educator, this transfer almost failed. The cause ? His grades at school. “ We explained to Mike that given his report cards, and certain attitudes, we were obliged to condition his future entry on an improvement in his grades, remembers Pierre Reynaud. But we told him that this was THE condition for entering prefo’ with us. We give you a year and we’ll see after that. I remember feeling, in that meeting, that Mike was receptive, that he had captured the message well.” explain Renaud. Maignan did not let this chance pass.
