From hero to superfluous to PSG champions, how Donaruma's life changed in 73 days

2025-08-12 15:41:26 / SPORT ALFA PRESS
From hero to superfluous to PSG champions, how Donaruma's life changed in

The split was already in the air, but today, with the list of players called up for tomorrow's European Super Cup in Udine, official confirmation was received. Gianluigi  Donnarumma  is out of the PSG sporting project having left the club that became European champion partly thanks to its goalkeeper.

Yes, because Luis Enrique's team's extraordinary campaign in the Champions League was supported on more than one occasion by the former Milan goalkeeper. It is impossible not to recall his sensational saves against Liverpool and then against Arsenal, which received praise from all over Europe. So much so that it would have been strange not to see him on the Ballon d'Or shortlist. Today, exactly 73 days after the climax of the evening in Munich and the triumph against Inter, his world has been turned upside down.

The failure to renew his contract, despite weeks and months of negotiations between his entourage and the club of president Al Khelaifi, was decisive in this regard. His current contract is still valid until 2026, while PSG is becoming increasingly impatient with the continued lack of agreement, finalizing the arrival of Chevalier. Thus, Donnarumma is now the object of desire for many big clubs around the world, Italian clubs Juventus and Inter, Manchester United, Galatasaray and super-rich Saudi clubs. In less than three weeks, his future will be revealed, with only one certainty so far: he will no longer be in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower.

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