Gianluigi Donnarumma has sealed his deadline day move to Manchester City where he will begin the next chapter of his life with fiancee Alessia Elafante
15:25, 02 Sep 2025
Alessia Elafante
Gianluigi Donnarumma's stunning fiancee Alessia Elafante will join him in Manchester(Image: @alessiaelefante/Instagram)
Gianluigi Donnarumma will be joined by his fiancee Alessia Elafante in England after completing his move to Manchester City.
The Italian sealed a deadline day switch to Pep Guardiola’s side on Monday after his career at PSG broke down. Luis Enrique replaced the 26-year-old with Lucas Chevalier from Lille in a deal worth upwards of £34million.
Chevalier’s arrival spelt the end for Donnarumma in Paris, and his £26m switch was finally announced on Tuesday morning. Ederson now looks set to join Fenerbahce following the Champions League winner's signing.
Italy's Euro 2020 hero - who broke England hearts with his penalty saves at Wembley - will now begin his new chapter alongside his fiancee, who has been through the ups and the downs of his career.
The couple are understood to have met when he was still a teenager between the stick at AC Milan in 2016 and she was a student.
Gianluigi Donnarumma - Alessia Elafante
Donnarumma and Alessia love a Halloween costume(Image: @alessiaelefante/Instagram)
Born and raised in Naples, Alessia is an interior designer and boasts 110,000 followers on Instagram, where she posts insights of her and Donnarumma’s life together, including snaps with their infant son Leo.
Donnarumma proposed in October last year after seven years together. They are now set to embark on the latest chapter of their lives.
Alessia’s Instagram are also full with snaps of her and the Italian shot stopper dressing up together. The two have shared many Halloween costumes together throughout the years.
Gianluigi Donnarumma - Alessia Elafante
The two celebrated PSG's success last season(Image: @alessiaelefante/Instagram)
Last year, the couple dressed up as a dead married couple, with Alessia captioning the post: “Till death do us part.”
The year before, the two wore pirate outfits, with Alessia donning fishnets underneath her short dress, while the keeper sported a red headband and a toy sword. Their dog was also dressed up in a pirate's outfit and hat.
Another golden spooky idea saw Alessia dress up as a nurse in a leggy outfit. Donnarumma joined her as a patient, who appeared to have murdered her, if their intention is read correctly.
Gianluigi Donnarumma - Alessia Elafante
All eyes will be on how they spend Halloween in Manchester(Image: @alessiaelefante/Instagram)
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Clearly a fan of getting in the spirit, Alessia and Donnarumma both wore red Christmas hats in festive snaps before announcing her pregnancy in a matching Italy goalkeeper shirt, with ‘Mamma 1’ and ‘Papa 1’ on their respective shirts. Most brilliant of all, Donnarumma ironically even had his gloves on.
Donnarumma and Alessia were both victims of a terrifying home robbery in 2023, when they were both tied up and stripped by thieves, who took off with around £433,000.