[ATLANTA, GEORGIA - JULY 05: Gianluigi Donnarumma #1 of Paris Saint-Germain celebrates after Desire Doue #14 (not pictured) scores his team's first goal during the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 quarter-final match between Paris Saint-Germain and FC Bayern München at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on July 05, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Alex Grimm/Getty Images)
ATLANTA, GEORGIA - JULY 05: Gianluigi Donnarumma #1 of Paris Saint-Germain celebrates after Desire Doue #14 (not pictured) scores his team's first goal during the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 quarter-final match between Paris Saint-Germain and FC Bayern München at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on July 05, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Alex Grimm/Getty Images)](https://football-italia.net/haaland-welcomes-donnarumma-to-man-city/) Manchester City star Erling Haaland has taken the opportunity to welcome Italy captain Gianluigi Donnarumma to the club with a series of posts to his social media profiles over the weekend: ‘Welcome Gigio’.
Haaland welcomes Donnarumma to Man City
Donnarumma left Paris Saint-Germain after four years at the end of the summer transfer window to join Pep Guardiola at Manchester City ina deal worth €27m. The former Milan stopper has put pen to paper on a four-year contract running until the summer of 2029.
“Welcome Gigio,” wrote Haaland in posts on both X and Instagram this weekend.
Donnarumma, duringhis recent press conference with the Italy national team, said: “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.”
Donnarumma was shown the door at the Parc des Princes earlier this summer after failing to agree a new contract extension, which meant that he would have been into the final year of his PSG contract this season, and risked walking away for free in the summer of 2026.
epa12148313 Goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma of PSG and Italy celebrates after winning the UEFA Champions League final between Paris Saint-Germain and Internazionale Milano, in Munich, Germany 31 May 2025. EPA-EFE/CHRISTOPHER NEUNDORF
epa12148313 Goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma of PSG celebrates after winning the UEFA Champions League final between Paris Saint-Germain and Internazionale Milano, in Munich, Germany 31 May 2025. EPA-EFE/CHRISTOPHER NEUNDORF
PSG instead opted to sign France international Lucas Chevalier at a cost of €40m plus up to €15m in bonuses. Donnarumma, meanwhile, was removed from the club’s Champions League squad list, despite playing a crucial role in helping them to the trophy just a few months prior.
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