Gianluigi Donnarumma | Man City player

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I don't want a player who might see us as a step down after they've stalled in their career. Would prefer to sign someone up and coming to avoid that risk.
 
croadyman said:
Doesn't bother me about that side of his game
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I think there’s a line between being average/not brilliant with kicking/passing (De Gea) and those who are/were absolutely wretched at it (Mark Bosnich) and sometimes with the way people talk it’s hard to know what to believe.

All I know of this guy when I’ve seen him play is that he’s a good shot-stopper generally and even better at saving penalties. Have never noted his passing ability
 
ClaytonBlackmoorLeftPeg said:
The reason why goalkeepers aren’t that expensive is because there are so many serviceable goalkeepers - a good goalkeeper is not rare.

Look at the scramble for strikers, scarcity is driving that.

To upgrade Onana, we could choose from 50 goalkeepers who would make a significant difference.

We absolutely do not need to “challenge” Onana. He would NOT improve with competition, his fundamentals are appalling and will not improve.

It doesn’t have to be Donnarumma - but to say that a keeper is not important is entirely incorrect.

We have one of the worst starting keepers in the history of the Premier League at our club - it is absolutely imperative we replace him this summer. It is essential.

I agree it doesn’t have to be a costly purchase - and we don’t need one of the best, but if one of the best is available, this could be an opportunity we should explore.
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I agree, the bar is set so low by Onana that a keeper for a modest fee, on modest wages would be an upgrade. Pretty much any mid table keeper in the Premier League is better than Onana.

We’re spending top dollar on a keeper who isn’t looking to leave and has 3 years left, so would seem strange to splurge even more on another. I’ve said all summer that an up and comer or a steady Eddie veteran is what’s needed. If they’re halfway competent, they’ll be in the team by Xmas. If they’re fully competent, by Halloween.
 
Bright_Eyes said:
I don't want a player who might see us as a step down after they've stalled in their career. Would prefer to sign someone up and coming to avoid that risk.
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He won a champions league 2 months ago , we could do with a more who’ve “stalled”
 
IrwinwasbetterthanCarlos said:
I agree, the bar is set so low by Onana that a keeper for a modest fee, on modest wages would be an upgrade. Pretty much any mid table keeper in the Premier League is better than Onana.

We’re spending top dollar on a keeper who isn’t looking to leave and has 3 years left, so would seem strange to splurge even more on another. I’ve said all summer that an up and comer or a steady Eddie veteran is what’s needed. If they’re halfway competent, they’ll be in the team by Xmas. If they’re fully competent, by Halloween.
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His contract expires next summer
 
Bright_Eyes said:
I don't want a player who might see us as a step down after they've stalled in their career. Would prefer to sign someone up and coming to avoid that risk.
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How has his career stalled, though?

Bayindir was up and coming and it didn't matter because he's a bag of ferrets wearing a human costume. Onana is just plain shit. This guy might have his faults and I understand the cynicism but I think he would be an instant upgrade.
 
We are trying to move away from bloated wages and people want us to add to that a year in INEOS' reign? As if our lack of outgoings hasn't shown us how hard it is to shift players on high salaries. On top of that he is not THAT good. I actually prefer signings like that Lammens fella instead, with our financial situation/strategy.
 
Tiber said:
Better to make a moral stand and let Onana dick around for a few more years?

I have no problem with paying players big money. But they better be playing at a top level rather than what we saw from Sanchez, Rashford etc.
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No, for me replacing Onana is the equal highest priority along with a new striker. Im just not sure paying mega wages to Donnarumma is the right way to go about it.

There's a world of keepers out there who'd be a big improvement on Onana. I'm sure we can make that step up without the wage burden, something which has hamstrung us many times these last few years.
 
He's a top shot stopper, but I've always seen him as pretty weak in the box or at least it's his weakest trait. Not a dominant keeper for me and if we're going to be paying him a kings ransom, id want the full package.
 
We aren't signing him. Just buy Lammens and stop faffing about.
 
If this guy is genuinely interested and a deal is workable then it would be a gargantuan upgrade.

Just cannot be true.
 
Mr Pigeon said:
How has his career stalled, though?

Bayindir was up and coming and it didn't matter because he's a bag of ferrets wearing a human costume. Onana is just plain shit. This guy might have his faults and I understand the cynicism but I think he would be an instant upgrade.
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Okay, you're probably right. I did hear he didn't have the best performances last season though despite winning the CL, and there must be a reason PSG don't want to keep him. I suppose they're just a lot better than us right now. I think I'm mostly just bothered that teams like PSG and Real sell us players and use the money to replace them with better/younger players. Donnarumma is at a great age though for a keeper and he'll obviously be a good upgrade on Onana. Wages may be a bit much though.
 
Bojan11 said:
They were the top players in the premier league and bought for big money. Which is something you said we shouldn’t be doing because we are not in Europe. Which is bizarre. I rather sign top players, if it means the Glazers and Rat are losing money, when we are not in Europe.

This isn’t a Disneyland signing. That type of signing would be a player we don’t need like Rodrygo because we have Amad and Mbeumo in his position. Are you saying we shouldn’t be attempting to sign a world class goalkeeper? It’s a priority position for many, and it’s not a position you want to mess about with.
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I don't really see how it's controversial to say that the best players for Wolves and Brentford are not in the same league reputationally/wage demands wise as as a player with an honours list as long as your arm, but I am very happy to disagree.
 
This is a no brainer. They would not have won the CL without him the saves he did against Arsenal were world class. Top players perform on the biggest stages.

Imagine the confidence our defence would have with him standing behind him.

Unfortunately I can’t see this but I hope I’m wrong. No one else seems to need him. City just bough Trafford, He’s too old for Chelsea, they like them young

Arsenal, Munich, Madrid, Barca certainly don’t need him.

Maybe Chelsea might offer a 100 year contract at £20k a week.
 
Steve 007 said:
This is a no brainer. They would not have won the CL without him the saves he did against Arsenal were world class. Top players perform on the biggest stages.

Imagine the confidence our defence would have with him standing behind him.

Unfortunately I can’t see this but I hope I’m wrong. No one else seems to need him. City just bough Trafford, He’s too old for Chelsea, they like them young

Arsenal, Munich, Madrid, Barca certainly don’t need him.

Maybe Chelsea might offer a 100 year contract at £20k a week.
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Onana won CL GK of the tournament and was fantastic in the final vs Man City.
 
Bright_Eyes said:
Okay, you're probably right. I did hear he didn't have the best performances last season though despite winning the CL, and there must be a reason PSG don't want to keep him. I suppose they're just a lot better than us right now. I think I'm mostly just bothered that teams like PSG and Real sell us players and use the money to replace them with better/younger players. Donnarumma is at a great age though for a keeper and he'll obviously be a good upgrade on Onana. Wages may be a bit much though.
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Last 365 days for Donnaruma (per 90):
PSxG-GA: -.04. 21st percentile
Goals Against 1.02. 88th percentile
Save percentage 68.3 39th percentile
Clean Sheet %. 26.3. 50th percentile
Crosses stopped %. 6.6. 61st percentile

There were a bunch of defensive actions and passing actions that he was predictably not good in, but the above areas are where you would expect him to shine.

He WAS still much better than Onana though. But you can clear that bar cheaper than Donnaruma.
 
Bright_Eyes said:
Okay, you're probably right. I did hear he didn't have the best performances last season though despite winning the CL, and there must be a reason PSG don't want to keep him. I suppose they're just a lot better than us right now. I think I'm mostly just bothered that teams like PSG and Real sell us players and use the money to replace them with better/younger players. Donnarumma is at a great age though for a keeper and he'll obviously be a good upgrade on Onana. Wages may be a bit much though.
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He did have his best performances last season. PSG wanted to keep him, just because he is very good. Due to his demands PSG stopped playing around.

I'm shocked how far the bickering goes. Personally I don't believe that we will sign him, but this "let's go for potential", "he ain't that great", etc. is embarrassing. He is better than anything we currently have in goal by a huge margin.

I understand that his wages/cost are a hindrance because we're all accountants and managers for United, it's our money after all. In reality he would be make our first XI better right away. Money is an issue, yes. His abilities are not.
 
Why do we always rate players until we show interest, then a lot of our fans come out and say they are not good enough?

We finished 15th in the table and our keeper looked calamitous at times.

I just googled top 10 keepers in the world and this is the first article that comes up (pre united interest from June 2025) so no bias. We’d be lucky to get him. I just can’t see it.

https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/ranked-best-goalkeepers-in-the-world
 
Steve 007 said:
Why do we always rate players until we show interest, then a lot of our fans come out and say they are not good enough?

We finished 15th in the table and our keeper looked calamitous at times.

I just googled top 10 keepers in the world and this is the first article that comes up (pre united interest from June 2025) so no bias. We’d be lucky to get him. I just can’t see it.

https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/ranked-best-goalkeepers-in-the-world
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Fans on a forum aren’t a homogenous mass.

Most people rate him, as he’s clearly one of the best keepers in the world. There are a lot of crazy in the transfer forum.
 
Steve 007 said:
Why do we always rate players until we show interest, then a lot of our fans come out and say they are not good enough?

We finished 15th in the table and our keeper looked calamitous at times.

I just googled top 10 keepers in the world and this is the first article that comes up (pre united interest from June 2025) so no bias. We’d be lucky to get him. I just can’t see it.

https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/ranked-best-goalkeepers-in-the-world
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Because we have all learnt from the De Ges debacle of paying obscene wages to a purely shot stopping goal keeper and the knock on effect it had on the rest of the squad’s wages. It should be raising every alarm bell out there that PSG have refused to meet his wage demands. Thanks but no thanks. Barca just got their first choice GK for less than £19m, on very cheap wages too. Our scouts need to do their jobs.
 
I can’t see us getting him anyway , we can’t flog any of the rubbish we want rid of , get rid of Bayindir get Lemmens in this season and get rid of Onana next season and get Donnarumma on a free
 
Devil_forever said:
Because we have all learnt from the De Ges debacle of paying obscene wages to a purely shot stopping goal keeper and the knock on effect it had on the rest of the squad’s wages. It should be raising every alarm bell out there that PSG have refused to meet his wage demands. Thanks but no thanks. Barca just got their first choice GK for less than £19m, on very cheap wages too. Our scouts need to do their jobs.
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De Gea was worth every single penny, 4 POTY awards in 5 years.

Unfortunately like all good things nothing lasts for ever and he was on the decline, he started to make mistakes in big games and never recovered.

Signing the best (or one of the best) at 26 years old and on big money isn’t a risk. We could get 10 years out of him if he’s on top form. Anyway is £250k really going to break the bank. How about £200k plus £75k per clean sheet, or 35k appearance and 35k per clean sheet. There are ways to get him at good value.
 
Where is this rumour stemming from? Surely it’s a complete non-starter?
 
TrustInJanuzaj said:
Where is this rumour stemming from? Surely it’s a complete non-starter?
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Sky reported our interest yesterday, think others have as well.

His contract expires next summer (contract talks have seemingly broken down) and PSG are on the verge of buying Chevalier from Lille for 40 mln euros quite probably with the idea of Donnaruma leaving.

Tbf I can see this happening towards the end of the month.
 
He’d be a class signing, don’t see us getting him though.
 
TrustInJanuzaj said:
Where is this rumour stemming from? Surely it’s a complete non-starter?
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From PSG signing a new first choice goalkeeper, and the fact his contract is up next year. I'd magine that a deal is unlikely, but I have no problem believing we'd give it a shot.
 
Can't see it happening.
Get Lammens in and put serious pressure on Onana and he may even step up!.
 
Bondi77 said:
Can't see it happening.
Get Lammens in and put serious pressure on Onana and he may even step up!.
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That´s true. Right now Onana faces ZERO pressure with an even worse GK behind him, a third one just sold/loaned. We either need to bring a replacement in or at least a serious competition, otherwise he won´t step up.
 
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This would be a major coup as he is one of the best in the world. I'll always have my worries about keepers without PL experience (I'd happily take Ortega, Pope or Martinez who are all likely to be available) but if we are going outside that, Donnarumma is miles better than other names I've see us linked with (some of who I've never even heard of) and of course as major upgrade on what we have now
 
Teja said:
Luxury signing. Don't waste money on the keeper situation, it won't be what makes or breaks our season. Oh and underperforms his PSxG too. This would take me back to Woodward days if we actually went in for the guy.
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Goalkeeper is about the least luxury signing there is, if you look at teams that generally win the biggest trophies and you see how important the keeper is.
 
KeanoMagicHat said:
Goalkeeper is about the least luxury signing there is, if you look at teams that generally win the biggest trophies and you see how important the keeper is.
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Exactly that. A youngster like Yoro working his behind off and sees Onana making mistakes out of nowhere must be so frustrating. Compared to a youngster getting shouted at and organised by a European champ.

It’s never a luxury.
 
Some mental takes. He starts for more or less anyone and our keeper is the absolute booby prize of “top level” keepers.

We are unbelievably charmed if we can sign Donnarumma with no europe off the back of a 15th place finish.

He’s young too in goalkeeping terms which is great for the resale Dwight Gayle’s on here.
 
I’d be delighted if Donnarumma was our keeper next season, but here’s why it won’t happen…

Onana isn’t going anywhere bar Saudi silliness. He’s first choice, got 3 years left, would back himself to play because that’s what top athletes do, even if another keeper arrived and, crucially, is absolutely rubbish so no team he’d want to join would sign him.

As such, if we signed Donnarumma for £40m on £300k+ wages, as a club we’d be spending £20-25m in amortisation on fees and around £500k per week, or £25m a year, in wages on the two of them. Show me a top club that’s spending £50m a year on their goalkeeping department.

Ultimately, we can’t make this kind of signing whilst Onana is first choice. If a cheap option can displace him, then next summer, when he’s only got two years, maybe he’s itching to move. Maybe we could sign Donnarumma on a free then.
 
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