Chelsea have reportedly intensified contact with Mike Maignan’s agent Jonathan Kebe as the AC Milan goalkeeper’s future moves back into focus.
The France international is again being linked with a Premier League move, and the latest update keeps Chelsea in the conversation while Milan assess one of the most important positions in their squad.
Maignan remains one of Europe’s most high-profile goalkeepers.
For Chelsea, any serious push would have obvious consequences for Robert Sanchez, Filip Jorgensen and Mike Penders. The Milan captain would arrive as an established, senior, Champions League-tested option rather than another developmental signing.
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Football Italia reported on Sunday that Chelsea have stepped up contact with Maignan’s entourage.
Dialogue has taken place with Kebe over the feasibility of a summer move, although no formal offer has yet been submitted.
ReadChelsea has already followed Chelsea’s wider World Cup picture, including Trevoh Chalobah’s late England call-up after a New York holiday. But the goalkeeper situation remains one of the biggest squad-building questions around Xabi Alonso’s plans.
The key issue now is whether Maignan’s own stance can reopen a deal that looked difficult earlier in the window.
Milan will not want to lose a player of his authority lightly. But renewed agent contact is still a meaningful signal from Chelsea.
For Alonso, the attraction is clear.
Chelsea need greater command in build-up, sharper penalty-box authority and a goalkeeper capable of settling a young defensive group.
Maignan would not be a cheap solution. But Chelsea’s renewed contact suggests the position is still being actively tested.
