Gianluigi Donnarumma | Done deal according to Romano

[TFC]

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Adorable that you think this club would ever do the easy, obvious thing ;)

 

[Stoned Rose]

Liverpool Echo: “Why a Man good at keeping the ball out of the net weakens Manchester City as title rivals”.

 

[manimanc]

I'm sure Pep would have been in conflab with Luis Enrique and got the lowdown on him.
Absolutely convinced Pep and Luis have had the chat.

 

[Stoned Rose]

Agreed as we were trying to quickly come from a low to high bar. No way we should be in this situation now. Down to dragging our feet after the treble and trying to get one last tune out of too many players

I buzz off how decisive and ruthless this Viana kid is.

 

[Gorton_Tubster]

I'd prefer Eddie to stay too, he fits our style. But donnaruma is a good enough replacement, and maybe we are changing our style to something more exciting anyway.

 

[Barcon]

Great post.

Must be a day that ends in “Y”.

 

[Marvin.]

I prefer Eddie. A bit of continuity could help us this season with KDB gone and potentially many of the older players playing less minutes.

Do you think his game is affected by the speculation. If you believe the Turks, he and his agent have been negotiating a move all Summer but Gala are trying to reduce the cost / wages.

We are going to have to replace Ederson soon. This was an opportune moment, because it's not many times a world class keeper becomes available. But it can only happen if Galatassaray make a bid. They bid for Sane and Osimhen but they don't seem to be serious over Ederson. If they don't bid now, it won't happen.

 

[hcblue95]

I'm sure Pep would have been in conflab with Luis Enrique and got the lowdown on him.
Absolutely convinced Pep and Luis have had the chat.

If Enrique wants to get rid of him he's hardly going to say he's crap is he?

 

[1961_vintage]

Tolmie posting on X as though both Donnarumma and Rodrygo are done deals. I know he posts on here and some think he’s up there in the ITK stakes.

Well obviously he's not quite at @Mancini’s Pastilles ITK level but he's not got a bad track record of providing in good faith countless interesting insights and updates over many years. @tolmie's hairdoo

 

[K-Bo]

It does feel like with Viana the journalists on the inside have changed, seems like Romano is getting a lot more information and the old reliables like Jack Gaughan seem a bit more out of the loop. Still getting their briefs, but not ahead of the story.

 

[manimanc]

If Enrique wants to get rid of him he's hardly going to say he's crap is he?

No he isn't but I'm sure the respect he and Pep have for eachother they won't be bullshitting eachother.

 

[hcblue95]

Do you think his game is affected by the speculation. If you believe the Turks, he and his agent have been negotiating a move all Summer but Gala are trying to reduce the cost / wages.

We are going to have to replace Ederson soon. This was an opportune moment, because it's not many times a world class keeper becomes available. But it can only happen if Galatassaray make a bid. They bid for Sane and Osimhen but they don't seem to be serious over Ederson. If they don't bid now, it won't happen.

Hard to say because Ederson definitely had daft moments last year, but the team was a mess at times so he had no more daft moments than the defence, mid or attack imo.

 

[Marvin.]

I'd prefer Eddie to stay too, he fits our style. But donnaruma is a good enough replacement, and maybe we are changing our style to something more exciting anyway.

PSG play better football than City do. Fast possession based football. That was the Pep way. We stopped last season because there were no defenders and the wingers weren't good enough anyway.

I don't buy this Donnarumma can't play for Pep. I have loads and loads of people say this. But that doesn't make them right.

 

[Jezza11]

Brilliant goalkeeper, very different style to Ederson who’s been crucial in our success. Be happy either way if he comes in or eddy stays. Feels like he’s using city to ramp up an offer elsewhere to me

 

[SWP's back]

Back to the Keegan-era tactics.

Try and win every game 10-9

In the “entertainers” year they conceded just 37 and scored fewer than any PL champions have ever scored. It’s a myth they had lots of high scoring games because of one match against Liverpool that most people remember.

 

[Marvin.]

Hard to say because Ederson definitely had daft moments last year, but the team was a mess at times so he had no more daft moments than the defence, mid or attack imo.

True. Ederson and Trafford is a good pair. But it won't last long. I feel like this is a sliding door moment, where you get a sense of another future which is just out of reach.

 

[SWP's back]

From a PSG supporting French football expert - I think the ideal scenario is Ederson sees out his final year.

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

 

[SWP's back]

Reeks of the Saudi league or Newcastle, maybe even utd, but we can not afford his wages, his mistakes, or his problem child tantrums. Still a fantastic keeper.

We can afford his wages.

He makes fewer mistakes than Ederson.

He’s not a problem child.

He’s one of the best keepers in the world and had several matches in the CL last season which bettered any two matches Ederson has ever had for City.

 

[mccity]

I'd love to know James Trafford's thoughts on this. Assuming Ederson may leave next summer (if not before!), will Donnarumma be happy to play second fiddle to a youngster, who I presume signed for us with hopes of being first choice keeper.

Tbh if Trafford turns out to be good enough that he earns first choice outright from either Ederson or Donnarumma, then I think that's a brilliant scenario the club would be more than happy to deal with

 

[Mancini’s Pastilles]

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