Gianluigi Donnarumma | Done deal according to Romano

[levets]

He’s a City hating **** who I have the misfortune of listening to every week.

Yes he is!

 

[eastmanc]

I do want it to happen big time. But jack gaugans tweet for me puts it to bed

What did it say and when was his tweet

 

[Nicholas van Whatsisface]

I think he just wanted a pay rise and a better deal, there is nothing wrong with rewarding Ederson with a better deal.
100% wants what is best for him and his family and i think he deserves a better deal at City

Ederson is not to blame for a poor season plus the so-called move that fell through leaving him unhappy is not right
All he wants is to protect his family and get a fair pay rise

You may well have contacts who’ve told you Eddie wants a new deal at City, in which case fair enough mate - that would change my view.

But if you’re going off the same information as the rest of us, then there’s absolutely nothing whatsoever to suggest he wants to stay at City beyond his current deal - quite the opposite, it seems he’s willing to go pretty much anywhere, as he’s decided the time is right to leave.

No point in offering a player a new deal if you know they have no interest in accepting one - and I would take the lack of movement from either City or Ederson on this as acknowledgement of that position.

City will know where every player stands on their future at the Club, and will negotiate new deals with those they want to keep who are happy to stay.

Seems clear Eddie doesn’t fall into this camp.

Shame, as I love the player - but we’ll move on, as we have with all the Club legends who’ve left us in the past.

 

[Gumzy97]

Guillem Balague: Pep Guardiola considers Donnarumma one of the top three goalkeepers in the world. The club will consider signing him if Ederson leaves.

 

[blueparrot]

Guillem Balague: Pep Guardiola considers Donnarumma one of the top three goalkeepers in the world. The club will consider signing him if Ederson leaves.

Bit of a drift from all agreed to a consider and an if. I'm at best 50/50 on this happening now.

 

[schfc6]

Far better fit to a style that’s been found out by a lot inferior teams so I reckon our system will change if it doesn’t we are in for another long season

Found out??? Pep’s been found out has he? Didn’t Ederson get 3 assists last season? They’ve obviously not found that bit out yet.

We weren’t found out at all, we were crippled by injury and burn out.

 

[YaYa's Left Peg]

So let me get this right...

Donnarumma:
- can't kick a football to save his life;
- can't collect crosses or command the penalty area;
- has shit distribution;
- doesn't fit our system because some people on here know what Pep is thinking and know more than him;
- negates the point of the signings we've made;
- will ruin Trafford's career;
- is weak on the line;
- can't play as a sweeper(!);
- being let go by PSG because Enrique has found him out, and Pep can't see it;
- will disrupt the continuity that we would get if we kept Ederson.

Bloody hell, we are FUCKED I tell you, in fact ROYALLY SHAFTED, if we go on to buy this atrocious multiple trophy-winning goalkeeper. What have we come to!

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

So what do you think the plan would be next summer?

Ederson leaves for free, Trafford on the back of about 10 cup games becomes the number 1 here at 22 with no big game experience and we sign a cheap second choice keeper as cover? Maybe promote a kid from the academy and have Bettinelli as number 2.

we bring in someone else next summer who's similar to Trafford.

No big game experience? he's performed in the PL consistently already, performed to the high levels of Championship & League 1 football.

He's also been involved in championship winning teams, both at international level and club.

 

[Nicholas van Whatsisface]

I do want it to happen big time. But jack gaugans tweet for me puts it to bed

So because you’ve interpreted a tweet in a particular way, we should all close the thread?

I’m not sure that’s how this whole public forum game works mate!

 

[philjoneswho?]

Yeah, all well and good but what happens when Enrique takes over from Pep? :-)

Maybe Enrique is doing a Pep with de Bruyne! Genius

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

No
If he's good enough he plays simple as

was you like that when Palmer etc left for lack of game time?

 

[calumdown]

Crazy that a lot of people here would not want the club to sign one of the best keepers on the planet.

i usually go to the rags thread when i want a good laugh but i'm in stitches on this one.

a fair few people reckon that it's a huge mistake for one of the best managers in the world to give the go-ahead to sign one of the best goalkeepers in the world.

hilarious stuff.

 

[I'm Blue]

I can’t fathom ‘some’ City fans thinking recently.
‘Eddie’s great with his feet but a poor shot stopper’
‘We need a shot stopper’
‘Donnarumma is great shot stopper but poor with his feet’
As for anyone feeling sorry for Trafford and wondering where that leaves him.
Fighting for his place like everyone else.
May the best man win.
Eddie’s leaving, if not now it was happening in 12 months anyway. (Gutted)
Ortega ain’t good enough imo.
So we’re getting 2 great keepers for fairly cheap money.
Enjoy the ride.

 

[johncity]

So let me get this right...

Donnarumma:
- can't kick a football to save his life;
- can't collect crosses or command the penalty area;
- has shit distribution;
- doesn't fit our system because some people on here know what Pep is thinking and know more than him;
- negates the point of the signings we've made;
- will ruin Trafford's career;
- is weak on the line;
- can't play as a sweeper(!);
- being let go by PSG because Enrique has found him out, and Pep can't see it;
- will disrupt the continuity that we would get if we kept Ederson.

Bloody hell, we are FUCKED I tell you, in fact ROYALLY SHAFTED, if we go on to buy this atrocious multiple trophy-winning goalkeeper. What have we come to!

But he’s still the best keeper in world imagine if he could do all them haha

 

[blueparrot]

i usually go to the rags thread when i want a good laugh but i'm in stitches on this one.

a fair few people reckon that it's a huge mistake for one of the best managers in the world to give the go-ahead to sign one of the best goalkeepers in the world.

hilarious stuff.

That's it for me, It makes no sense to me but if Pep says I'm an idiot, he's a very good chance of being right :)

 

[Gorton_Tubster]

Found out??? Pep’s been found out has he? Didn’t Ederson get 3 assists last season? They’ve obviously not found that bit out yet.

We weren’t found out at all, we were crippled by injury and burn out.

Some people talk the rubbish they want to believe.

Why some of our own fans would dislike him so much is beyond me.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

This thread is like matchday doom-mongering turned up to 11 in the middle of a global antidepressant shortage. Fook me.

 

[Paulmcfc2703]

we bring in someone else next summer who's similar to Trafford.

No big game experience? he's performed in the PL consistently already, performed to the high levels of Championship & League 1 football.

He's also been involved in championship winning teams, both at international level and club.

Getting beat week in week out for Burnley in the PL is not exactly great big game experience is it?

Performing well in the Championship does not give him the experience needed to play Champions League knockout games against Europe's elite at such a young age. Neither does playing well for the u21s.

 

[mscenterh750]

Fuck me has he signed yet? Or has he dropped the pen and kicked the contract out of the ground towards Asda :)

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

Found out??? Pep’s been found out has he? Didn’t Ederson get 3 assists last season? They’ve obviously not found that bit out yet.

We weren’t found out at all, we were crippled by injury and burn out.

Some amazing takes on things from certain quarters - bordering on the hard of thinking group or wums who infest the site.