{"id":22822,"date":"2025-09-05T08:13:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T12:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/09\/05\/report-chelsea-will-be-given-another-opportunity-to-sign-a-world-class-contract-rebel-force\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T08:13:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T12:13:20","slug":"report-chelsea-will-be-given-another-opportunity-to-sign-a-world-class-contract-rebel-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/09\/05\/report-chelsea-will-be-given-another-opportunity-to-sign-a-world-class-contract-rebel-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Chelsea will be given another opportunity to sign a world-class contract rebel force"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca won with a 2-0 victory at Fulham on his side (Justin Setterfield\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chelsea will be reportedly getting another opportunity to sign AC Mike Maignan, goalkeeper for AC Milan, close to signing a new contract.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>France International is approaching becoming a free agent, and he technically can begin negotiations with clubs from overseas from January onwards.<\/p>\n<p>According to Calciomercato, Maignan&#8217;s Milan consultations on the new deal are completely stagnant and hopes for a renewal look very unlikely, so it seems likely that this is the most likely outcome now.<\/p>\n<p>According to SkySport, Chelsea had links with Mainyan early in the summer, but no agreement was made to deal at the time.<\/p>\n<h2>Chelsea was able to return to Mike Meignan with a free transfer<\/h2>\n<p>Still, it is clear that Chelsea will have another opportunity to sign Mainyan if he still wants him. The 30-year-old is clearly not staying in Milan.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mike Maynyam is active for AC Milan in the preseason (Photo: Yu Chun Christopher Wong\/Eurasia Sport Images\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The CFC is doing very well to snap the Keeper of Maignan caliber with free transfers, as it is likely to be a massive upgrade of Robert Sanchez.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not every day that such high quality players become free agents, so it&#8217;s a great opportunity for Chelsea to take advantage of.<\/p>\n<p>But at the same time, I imagine that other big clubs could easily join the run for Meinyan&#8217;s signature.<\/p>\n<p>If Mainyan really becomes a free agent, he will certainly be overflowing with offers.<\/p>\n<p>However, Bruce has clearly come close to signing him this year, so he may be able to make players and terms faster and easier.<\/p>\n<p>I imagine Milan keeps pushing to sign a new contract, as losing such a key player for free would be a big blow.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca won with a 2-0 victory at Fulham on his side (Justin Setterfield\/Getty Images) Chelsea will be reportedly getting another opportunity to sign AC Mike Maignan, goalkeeper for AC Milan, close to signing a new contract. France International is approaching becoming a free agent, and he technically can begin negotiations with clubs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40],"class_list":{"0":"post-22822","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}