Gianluigi Donnarumma Happy To Rival Trafford To Be Manchester City’s No 1

Gianluigi Donnarumma has welcomed having to compete pinch James Trafford to beryllium Manchester City’s No 1, nan Italian goalkeeper saying “together we tin make success”.

The 26-year-old was signed from Paris Saint-Germain for astir £30m (€35m) connected transportation deadline time and caused immoderate astonishment aft Trafford joined from Burnley connected nan past time of July for £27m.

Trafford displaced Ederson, who near for Fenerbahce for £14m past week, arsenic Pep Guardiola’s first prime but made a shaky start, being culpable for João Palhinha’s extremity successful Tottenham’s 2-0 triumph astatine City successful their 2nd convention game.

James Trafford has made a shaky commencement for Manchester City.
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On competing for nan goalkeeper jersey, Donnarumma said: “I’m happy because title is bully for everyone. I can’t hold to meet [James], and I can’t hold to meet my caller teammates. We person to beryllium a beardown and agreed group pinch group who attraction for each different and that is nan cardinal to success. Together we tin make awesome success.

“I want to bask everything, I want to get to cognize nan metropolis and get to cognize caller group and my caller teammates. I’m really looking guardant to discovering nan situation of nan stadium and I can’t hold to return to nan transportation and perceive nan sounds of nan stadium and perceive nan support.”

The Italian trained for nan first clip pinch Guardiola’s squad connected Thursday. The head has yet to determine whether to springiness him his debut successful Sunday’s sojourn of Manchester United for nan 167th derby.

Donnarumma said: “Playing successful nan Premier League pinch Manchester City is simply a awesome emotion for maine and I’m fresh for this challenge. I’ve ever dreamt astir playing successful nan Premier League, arsenic it’s nan champion convention successful nan world.

“For a player, I deliberation achieving successful nan Premier League is nan maximum for his career, truthful I’m really happy to beryllium here. I’m consenting to return to nan transportation for this nine who has been trying truthful overmuch to motion maine and I dream I tin salary that spot back.”

Donnarumma was City’s 5th awesome acquisition of nan window, pursuing nan arrivals of Trafford, Tijjani Reijnders, Rayan Cherki, who is injured, and Rayan Aït-Nouri.