{"id":193301,"date":"2025-09-02T05:17:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T05:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/193301\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T05:17:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T05:17:12","slug":"transfer-fee-guardiolas-reaction-and-ederson-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/193301\/","title":{"rendered":"Transfer fee, Guardiola\u2019s reaction and Ederson update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>TBR Football can confirm that Gianluigi Donnarumma\u2019s move to Manchester City is done, with the PSG goalkeeper joining the club on deadline day.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/man-city-fans-deliver-verdict-on-james-traffords-performance-against-wolves-amid-donnarumma-links\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">signing James Trafford<\/a> this summer, the Cityzens have decided to bring in the towering shot-stopper.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/gianluigi-donnarumma-transfer-latest-after-psg-super-cup-omission-man-utd-and-chelsea-in-mix\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donnarumma had also been linked to Manchester United<\/a>, but it\u2019s the blue side of Manchester where the Italian will be playing his football.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2228052989-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Chelsea FC v Paris Saint-Germain: Final - FIFA Club World Cup 2025\" \/>Photo by Etsuo Hara\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p><strong>TBR Football<\/strong> can exclusively reveal all the details below.<\/p>\n<p>Exclusive: Gianluigi Donnarumma joins Man City, all details<\/p>\n<p>Chief correspondent <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/author\/graemebailey\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Graeme Bailey<\/a> exclusively tells <strong>TBR Football<\/strong> that Donnarumma\u2019s deal was completed on deadline day. The fee City will pay is around \u00a325m on a five-year contract.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TBR Football<\/strong> can also confirm that <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/ederson-asks-to-leave-as-man-city-lead-race-for-gianluigi-donnarumma-over-man-utd-and-chelsea\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ederson\u2019s deal to Fenerbahce<\/a> is also done, with the Brazilian moving for \u00a312m. <\/p>\n<p>Bailey states: \u201cMan City did not want to get into the territory of having Ederson after Monday and then waiting for him to complete, whilst also bringing in Gianluigi Donnarumma \u2013 it would just have been a bit messy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also told <strong>TBR Football<\/strong> how the keeper felt about the move to the Etihad, as well as Pep Guardiola\u2019s view:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2224567069-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Gianluigi Donnarumma of Paris Saint-Germain looks on during the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 semi-final match between Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid\" class=\"wp-image-975065\" \/>Photo by Chris Brunskill\/Fantasista\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have done the deal now, and I have to say City are delighted \u2013 they think they have just signed the best goalkeeper in the world for \u00a325 million. Not quite bargain territory, but not far off. If you factor in the money from Ederson, they have paid just over \u00a312m for a new keeper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/why-pep-guardiola-thinks-gianluigi-donnarumma-should-replace-ederson-at-man-city\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pep Guardiola wanted Donnarumma<\/a>. When the idea was floated, he made it clear \u2013 he was not at all worried about potential issues with footwork, etc. It wasn\u2019t really a concern. They believe they have upgraded.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>More to follow on TBR Football\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TBR Football can confirm that Gianluigi Donnarumma\u2019s move to Manchester City is done, with the PSG goalkeeper joining&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":193302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[45236,216,1722,5505,221,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-193301","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-gianluigi-donnarumma","9":"tag-manchester-city","10":"tag-paris-saint-germain","11":"tag-pep-guardiola","12":"tag-soccer","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115133012096011084","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}