After four years spent at Paris Saint-Germain and despite a flamboyant second part of the 2024-2025 season, Gianluigi Donnarumma was pushed out to make way for Lucas Chevalier. As a result, the transalpine international landed at Manchester City. An unexpected movement about which twenty players' agents were questioned, but not only that.
A survey was published by The Athletic this Monday. The idea was clear: propose and make a ranking of the best and worst deals of the summer transfer window on the Premier League side. In the end, the twenty professionals of the transfer window therefore placed Gianluigi Donnarumma at the top of the good moves of the 2025 transfer window. The Italian was ahead of the English midfielder, Jack Grealish, by a short head (five votes to four) from Manchester City to Everton.
The leading trio is completed by Viktor Gyökeres, bought by Arsenal from Sporting (two votes). Gianluigi Donnarumma will now have to continue to prove that Pep Guardiola did the right thing in attracting him. The former AC Milan player was not at the party during this start of the international break, he who committed a huge mistake fortunately without consequences for the Squadra Azzurra, Saturday against Estonia (1-3).
Donnarumma leads Trafford
Concerning the movements considered the worst of this summer transfer window, it is the other Manchester club which is at the top. United's purchase of Benjamin Sesko from RB Leipzig is widely criticized since six of the twenty voters placed him first. Second in the ranking is James Trafford. The goalkeeper who was at Burnley returned to his former club Manchester City at the worst time since Gianluigi Donnarumma arrived.
More generally, it was voted that Liverpool had the best summer transfer window ahead of Arsenal, while West Ham are considered the worst Premier League club ahead of a trio of Manchester United, Aston Villa and Brentford.
