Theo Hernandez: Paolo Maldini prevented change to Bayer Leverkusen

Theo Hernandez from AC Milan is one of the best radiators of the series A - if not in Europe. To a hair, the Frenchman 2019 by Real Madrid would not be changed to Milan, but to Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga. The 24-year-old brother of Bayern-Star Lucas Hernandez revealed in an interview with the l'equipe.

That Theo Hernandez ultimately did not land in Leverkusen, Milan has to owe a person: Paolo Maldini, the club legend and current cadre planner of the AC Milan.

"I was about to sign at Bayer Leverkusen, but Maldini put everything upside down. He visited me on vacation on Ibiza. We talked about football, I immediately realized that Milan is the right place for me" said theo Hernandez.

In Milan, he developed after a short accusing phase for the regular player - and also for the French international.

Hernandez: "Zlatan is a bad boy"

In September 2021 he debuted for the Equipe Tricolore. Four international matches has been completed by Theo Hernandez so far. He will probably no longer be approached to the international game brand of his current players Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Ibra ran 120 times for Sweden.

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In Milan, Theo Hernandez plays with many stars in a team, Ibrahimovic is the player to which he looks the most. "He's a 'bubber boy'! But in the right way. He always wants to help us, he gives us advice. And when Zlatan speaks, we hear," said Tho Hernandez in the interview.