It only took him a few sentences to lift doubt. In front of the press, Gianluigi Donnarumma presented himself as a player totally invested in his new English life. Not a nostalgic reference, not a word of emotion for his old club: the Italian goalkeeper preferred to insist on the immediate link he found in Manchester City, as if he had already stored the PSG chapter.
Forgotten PSG, Donnarumma is already displayed as 100 % Citizen
When he returned to his hectic summer, Donnarumma swept away any ambiguity: “My first and only option was City, the only thing I wanted. »» A strong declaration, which sounds like a message in Paris, where it was pushed towards the exit. Between the lines, it is difficult not to see a desire to bury any attachment with a club that has not offered him the confidence he considers to receive today in England.
In Manchester, he found what he no longer had in Paris: total confidence. “Everyone wanted me here, the coach was pushing for my arrival”he insisted, thanking Guardiola and his staff. This contrast is striking with the end of his adventure at PSG, where Luis Enrique had decided in favor of a change of hierarchy in the cages. Where Paris chose to separate, City unrolled the red carpet.
Donnarumma, cash on his departure: “Paris was no longer an option”
The Champions League as a field of revenge
Finally, when there was talk of the Champions League, Donnarumma did not hide his ambitions. “We must always dream big, with humility”he slipped, recalling that he had already tasted the trophy with Paris before being put aside. A subtle way of saying that he wants to win back Europe, but this time with City, in a project that seems cut for him.
For its former Parisian supporters, these statements leave a bitter taste: the goalkeeper of the Squadra Azzurra is no longer looking back. As soon as he arrived at Etihad, he asserts himself as one of the faces of a city in search of continental rebound. PSG now belongs to its past.
