Mike Maignan has won the Serie A Best Goalkeeper award following an incredible debut campaign with Milan.
The 26-year-old Frenchman joined the Rossoneri from Lille last summer in a deal worth around €15m in total, being brought in to replace the departing Gianluigi Donnarumma. He immediately set a good tone in Lombardy and has gone on to shine as Milan push for their first league title in a decade.
As announced by Lega Serie A, Maignan has been awarded the Serie A MVP Best Goalkeeper title following his strong debut season with Milan. The Frenchman has conceded 21 goals and kept 16 clean sheets in 31 Serie A appearances this season, shining despite missing six games through a wrist injury.
Looking at the statistics, the former Lille goalkeeper stands out above all overs; he has a Post-Shot Expected Goals minus Goals Allowed of +7.1, the best in the league and far above second place Davide Ospina, who has a PSxG+/- of +5.2. The stat essentially suggests Maignan has saved seven goals from going in, based on the accumulative quality of shots faced.