Story byKaustubh PandeySat, December 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM UTC·2 min readOn Saturday, Milan fans woke up to the positive news of the perfect New Year’s Gift. La Gazzetta reported that the Rossoneri management has offered a bumper new contract to Mike Maignan, putting forward €7 million per season for the goalkeeper. This comes close to the Frenchman’s demand of €7.5 million per season, with optimism growing at Casa Milan about keeping the 29-year-old. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementWhile this should ideally come as fantastic news for the Diavolo faithfuls, it can easily go the other way and there is significant risk of that happening. Maignan’s injury recordIt is fair to say that Maignan has been crucial for Milan this season, silencing critics that doubted him in the previous campaign. In general, his abilities have done the club a great deal of service since he joined from Lille to replace Gianluigi Donnarumma. But it is also fair to say that Maignan has always had the big question mark of injuries as an asterix next to his name.