Since Hugo Lloris retired, Mike Maignan resumed the torch and settled in the post of goalkeeper number one at the Blues. Since his first selection on October 7, 2020, the AC Milan porter asserted himself as the indisputable holder for this position. Regularly weighed down by injuries, the one who will be thirty years old on July 30, nevertheless sees a serious competitor in the person of Lucas Chevalier. Some see the Lille supplant it quickly.
He also former LOSC, Ludovic Obraniak spoke of the case of the northern goalkeeper. He first said all the good he thought of the one who was elected on Sunday best goalkeeper of the season in Ligue 1, as part of the UNFP trophies. The chain consultant The team votes more than ever for Lucas Chevalier. And not in the championship.
“He is a boy who has his head on his shoulders, who has a career goal. He himself wants to go, he is serious, he knows where he is, he knows his qualities and he also knows his faults. »»
The former Polish international continued: “Lucas Chevalier makes stops … Pfff … When you have it behind, I can tell you that you are more than reassured. He is a goalkeeper who almost never makes mistakes. (…) It is of regularity. However, it was requested, by Paris in particular. »» And Ludovic Obraniak then engaged on the future of Lucas Chevalier within the Blues.
Number 1 of the Blues in two or three years
“I find that it is the future of the French team. I say it, it will be number 2 in not very long and probably number 1 very quickly by that Maignan we do not know, injuries, not injuries, we'll see. But it is a boy who has all the potential to become number one from the French team in the two next three years. »» The meeting is therefore made for Lucas Chevalier.
The statistics displayed this season by the Lille goalkeeper indeed argues in his favor, he who, for example, signed eleven “clean Sheets” between thirty-three games. What allow him to finish in front of Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG) at the UNFP trophies. Will Mike Maignan be replaced by Lucas Chevalier as quickly as the announcement Ludovic Obraniak? Not sure that the Milanese let themselves be so easily.
