Unless you go to an exotic or minor championship like Mexico, Austria or Belgium, it is now very short time in Gianluigi Donnarumma to play as a holder in a major league this season. And, incidentally, in the Champions League.
The summer transfer window closes its doors this Monday at 8 p.m. on Monday and everything indicates in this case that the nerves will remain at the test until the last hours of the market. “We work, we work,” we heard in the corridors of PSG and Manchester City this Sunday, the only real destination possible for the captain of the Italian selection, without the slightest second of competition since July 13 and the final of the World Cup of clubs lost against Chelsea (0-3).
Luis Enrique, not completely satisfied with his goalkeeper, wanted to change and since the European champions evolve with Lucas Chevalier, from Lille, bought 40 million euros, bonus included. All of Europe has long known that Donnarumma is on the market this summer and courtiers have not rushed to enlist the winner of Euro 2021.
Alone, therefore, Manchester City is interested and has been negotiating for several weeks with PSG for what could become the first transaction in history between these two stables in the hands of rich Gulf states, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. This Sunday, the Pep Guardiola team aligned its summer recruit, James Trafford, bought 25 M € in Burnley in the goals during the defeat (2-1) in Brighton, the second in a row.
His destiny linked to that of Ederson
Fixed at 50 million euros to acquire the last year of the 26 -year -old porter’s contract, the price between the two clubs was negotiated in recent days around a range between 30 and 35 million euros. Paris does not wish to keep Donnarumma any longer when he changed this sector this summer with Lucas Chevalier in number 1, Matvey Safonov in 2 and Renato Marin in 3. Arnau Tenas, old number 3, went to Villarreal. The Italian, he wants to find the land as soon as possible and City, even if the Guardiola-Donnarumma association may surprise, needs a confirmed goalkeeper.
Everyone agrees but the situation of the ex of AC Milan depends on another player, Ederson, the Brazilian porter from which City wishes to separate. He is coveted by two Turkish clubs, Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray. The English hope for 15 M € for the 32 -year -old goalkeeper. The Turkish market ends on September 12, which probably complicates the situation. If Ederson does not agree before this Monday, will City take the risk of signing Donnarumma anyway?
Huge emoluments await him in Manchester, more than in Paris. In six months, on January 1, 2026, he will be free to commit where he wants. He will then have six months left, considerably lowering his market value. It is a solution but it would be the worst for him and PSG.
