Gianluigi Donnarumma | Done deal according to Romano

[madloaf]

United.

I'm hoping for his sake you mean scunthorpe

 

[SkyBlueFlux]

I can say with absolute certainty, that no negotiation with any player at City will ever be predicated on us telling them they are a guaranteed starter. Not a chance in hell.

We won't have said that to Trafford, and we won't be saying that to Donnarumma either. This is one of the most competitive clubs in world football where everybody is constantly fighting for their place. It's not your dad's village cricket team.

If you want to be the first name on the team sheet, then prove you deserve it.

 

[Man-chester copperpot]

Can we not just bring back Scott Carson?

Fucking Trafford, now Donnarumma on top of Ortega and Ederson.

Doesnt matter who’s in the sticks, we’ll still concede with the first shot on target ;-)









I’ll be gutted to see Ederson go. They’ll only one way to explain this to my grandkids…….

 

[bell_mcfc]

I dont take Ornstein at his word anymore unless indykaila has confirmed it

Dont there's more going around today that Vini is upset and might leave... Haha

 

[CΛL]

It doesn't put an end to his chances.
It gives him to opportunity to fight for a position that is competitive in nature.
Footballers are conditioned to fight for their starting position. Its the nature of the beast.
Trafford will get his chances if Edy or Donna are there, unless he proper fucks up his audition. Same with Edy or Donna.

We would not sign Donnaruma on 300k a week to lose his place in the team, unless he actually is shit. Trafford will have no chance even if Donnaruma is just competent.

 

[LongsightM13]

We would not sign Donnaruma on 300k a week to lose his place in the team, unless he actually is shit. Trafford will have no chance even if Donnaruma is just competent.

Are you party to the negotiations? Or just believing what you read?

 

[CΛL]

I can say with absolute certainty, that no negotiation with any player at City will ever be predicated on us telling them they are a guaranteed starter. Not a chance in hell.

We won't have said that to Trafford, and we won't be saying that to Donnarumma either. This is one of the most competitive clubs in world football where everybody is constantly fighting for their place. It's not your dad's village cricket team.

If you want to be the first name on the team sheet, then prove you deserve it.

Nice to say but frankly that is not true is it, the bigger players are given assurances over playing time and chances, not that they’ll be guaranteed a spot even if they are shit or somebody is better.

Nobody is saying Trafford was told he would be de facto number one, but he’s likely to have been told it’s his to fight for against Ederson, with a view to impressing enough to keep his place the season after.

Donnaruma will put at end to that, because like with the many high profile players we’ve signed, he’ll have also been given assurances.

 

[CΛL]

Are you party to the negotiations? Or just believing what you read?

Ok so you reckon Donnaruma for €50m and the highest wages possible for goalkeeper is being signed to fight for his place?

Come off it hahaha

 

[p.taker]

50m??? Lol

 

[CΛL]

50m??? Lol

Euros I meant, that’s the fee reported

 

[Paulmcfc2703]

Ok so you reckon Donnaruma for €50m and the highest wages possible for goalkeeper is being signed to fight for his place?

Come off it hahaha

Did Jack Grealish fight for his place?

 

[Tugay One Cup]

Ornstein, in the latest podcast that came out about an hour ago, mentioned that City's negotiations with Trafford were based on him being the team's first-choice goalkeeper

That was obviously the case. Bit of an inconvenient truth on here at the moment though.

 

[blue ranger]

I can say with absolute certainty, that no negotiation with any player at City will ever be predicated on us telling them they are a guaranteed starter. Not a chance in hell.

We won't have said that to Trafford, and we won't be saying that to Donnarumma either. This is one of the most competitive clubs in world football where everybody is constantly fighting for their place. It's not your dad's village cricket team.

If you want to be the first name on the team sheet, then prove you deserve it.

I think we can read between the lines though. Trafford would have probably been a starter if he had signed for Newcastle. I suspect City said to him Ederson is staying 1 more season and we view him as successor next season. And that he will get cup games and probably some CL. Signing a new number 1 on a longer contract surely confuses things.

 

[eyalluvitt]

It doesn't put an end to his chances.
It gives him to opportunity to fight for a position that is competitive in nature.
Footballers are conditioned to fight for their starting position. Its the nature of the beast.
Trafford will get his chances if Edy or Donna are there, unless he proper fucks up his audition. Same with Edy or Donna.

If a six gives you the eye late on at the Valley lodge and as you are leaving with her an 8 gives you the come on, you bin the 6 and grab the 8. But keep the 6’s number for carabao and dead rubber CL games

 

[CΛL]

That was obviously the case. Bit of an inconvenient truth on here at the moment though.

Yep. People getting giddy about Donnaruma and can’t face that particular aspect.

 

[Calv_from_the_frog]

Odds simply show where the money is going

City get linked to a player... People then bet that the transfer will happen because they've just read about... The odds shorten

Indicative of fuck all

It's remarkable how few people seem to acknowledge / understand this.

 

[Bluearmy]

That was obviously the case. Bit of an inconvenient truth on here at the moment though.

Aguero never got such assurances, so James Trafford certainly wont have either!!

 

[01cravend]

I can say with absolute certainty, that no negotiation with any player at City will ever be predicated on us telling them they are a guaranteed starter. Not a chance in hell.

We won't have said that to Trafford, and we won't be saying that to Donnarumma either. This is one of the most competitive clubs in world football where everybody is constantly fighting for their place. It's not your dad's village cricket team.

If you want to be the first name on the team sheet, then prove you deserve it.

Yeah we offered Erling 500k a week, made him only striker at the club then told him he has to earn his place. Lad doesn't even get subbed off, regardless of how he's playing, unless its to give him 10min rest at the the end of comfortable wins

 

[Paulmcfc2703]

That was obviously the case. Bit of an inconvenient truth on here at the moment though.

Are we now saying that we shouldn't sign Donnarumma because the lad we have got to be our main keeper in 26/27 isn't good enough to compete for the number 1 spot?

 

[mancboy]

Ornstein, in the latest podcast that came out about an hour ago, mentioned that City's negotiations with Trafford were based on him being the team's first-choice goalkeeper.

Not a prayer we've promised that to anyone, much less a championship keeper