Champions League: Milan’s Maignan stands in way of PSG

AC Milan`s French forward Olivier Giroud (L) and AC Milan`s Italian head coach Stefano Pioli give a press conference at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on the eve of their UEFA Champions League Group F first leg football match against Paris Saint-Germain. Pic/AFP

Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League clash with AC Milan this week will see the French club come up against one of the many outstanding talents they have let slip away in recent years.

In the Italian side's goal will be Mike Maignan, who was allowed to leave Paris for Lille in 2015 and has gone on to win a Ligue 1 title, Serie A and become France's first-choice ‘keeper.

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PSG, meanwhile, handed the gloves to a long list of goalkeepers before signing Gianluigi Donnarumma from Milan in 2021 and making him their undisputed No. 1 a year later.

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