Gianluigi Donnarumma moved to Manchester City from Paris Saint-Germain after PSG signed Lucas Chevalier and made him surplus to requirements. He played a pivotal role in PSG's treble-winning 2024-25 season, with shot-stopping crucial in a shootout win over Liverpool. Questions exist over how he will fit Pep Guardiola's system, which requires goalkeepers to play out from the back and use their feet. City suffered a costly distribution error earlier this season when James Trafford's pass was intercepted and Tottenham scored. Donnarumma is likely to replace Trafford as number one and says he has no problems using his feet and feels proud to be wanted by City and Guardiola.
When you are wanted so strongly by a club like City it means you've worked well, and being wanted by one of the strongest coaches in the world like Guardiola is an indescribable emotion. I've always trained well and I couldn't wait to join City because they really wanted me, the coach really wanted me, and that made me proud.
To be wanted so strongly by the best club in the world makes me proud, but also very emotional and happy. Every coach makes his own choices, I don't know the reasons, but I'm proud to be coached by Guardiola, who has won so much and is one of the best in the world. I don't think there's problems with using the feet. For what I've accomplished from when
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