The FC crew react to reports that Gianluigi Donnarumma has agreed to a new Milan contract featuring a hefty buyout clause.
The president of the examinations board where Gianluigi Donnarumma was due to sit his school-leaving exams this week has criticised the AC Milan goalkeeper for going on holiday to Ibiza instead.
Donnarumma requested and obtained the opportunity of delaying his exams to enable him to represent Italy at the European Under-21 Championship in Poland, but rather than taking his exams upon returning, he instead went on holiday with his girlfriend.
“Mr Donnarumma asked for the exams to be postponed and…
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Janusz Michallik explains why it would benefit Gianluigi Donnarumma to sign a new contract and stay at Milan.
Gianluigi Donnarumma should stay at AC Milan, former goalkeeper Christian Abbiati has said.
Talks over Donnarumma’s future are expected to resume this week after agent Mino Raiola told Milan the player would not extend his contract, which expires in 2018.
The news angered fans, who alleged that Raiola was influencing the 18-year-old in an attempt to earn money from a sale.
Donnarumma has returned from international duty with Italy’s under-21s and some reports have suggested he could change his mind…
With the saga of Gianluigi Donnarumma’s AC Milan future in question, Gab Marcotti looks at how the club can keep him around.
The president of the Italian Football Association has said agents’ fees are “offensive” amid the saga over the future of AC Milan goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.
Carlo Tavecchio condemned the kind of money agents such as Donnarumma’s representative Mino Raiola earn from the movement of players.
“Some of the figures I hear are offensive to our country,” he said. “I’ve decided to implement a commission with our own solicitors to see if we can find something new in this field because we are talking…
Following the hacking of his Instagram account, Gab Marcotti details the latest drama in the life of Gianluigi Donnarumma.
With the saga of Gianluigi Donnarumma’s AC Milan future in question, Gab Marcotti looks at how the club can keep him around.
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AC Milan goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma has apologised for the “uproar” surrounding his future on Sunday, when the 18-year-old appeared to promise fresh contract talks with the San Siro club via social media before deleting his account and claiming he’d been hacked.
Donnarumma earlier this month stated he would not be extending his contract with the club, sparking an angry reaction from some Milan fans to both the player and his agent Mino Raiola.
And on Sunday afternoon, Donnarumma tweeted his…
Following the hacking of his Instagram account, Gab Marcotti details the latest drama in the life of Gianluigi Donnarumma.
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With the saga of Gianluigi Donnarumma’s AC Milan future in question, Gab Marcotti looks at how the club can keep him around.
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“Man” may be pushing it a bit when referring to young Gianluigi Donnarumma, who isn’t legally able to buy a beer in a number of countries. But what the AC Milan and Italy keeper lacks in life experience he more than compensates for when he pulls on his gloves.
Despite turning 18 only last February, Donnarumma…
With the saga of Gianluigi Donnarumma’s AC Milan future in question, Gab Marcotti looks at how the club can keep him around.
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The brother-in-law of Gianluigi Donnarumma has told Il Mattino he is receiving death threats after posting an Instagram message defending the AC Milan goalkeeper and criticising the club.
Carmine Paoletti said Milan were “clowns” and that people hitting out at Donnarumma, who has said he will not be extending his contract, did not know him.
Donnarumma called Paoletti to tell him not to criticise the club, and although the post was taken down it had already angered Milan fans.
“I did not think that…
With the saga of Gianluigi Donnarumma’s AC Milan future in question, Gab Marcotti looks at how the club can keep him around.
After a whirlwind few weeks that saw four new signings arrive at AC Milan, Gianluigi Donnarumma’s contract decision last week brought matters to a grinding halt. The Rossoneri were ready to build around the 18-year-old and to make him the face of the club, but all that changed when CEO Marco Fassone made the announcement that Donnarumma had chosen not to renew.
What followed couldn’t have been predicted. Donnarumma faced a fierce backlash from supporters, while influential figures, both past and…