Gianluigi Donnarumma says he felt “let down” by PSG after his summer season exit and arrival at Manchester Metropolis.
The Italy goalkeeper was surprisingly put up on the market by PSG in the summertime switch window and ultimately joined Metropolis on Deadline Day.
Only a few months earlier than his exit, Donnarumma helped PSG to their first Champions League title, pulling off some important saves within the latter phases of the event. Nonetheless PSG needed a distinct model of goalkeeper and after signing Lucas Chevalier from Lille, Donnarumma was put up on the market.
In an unique interview from Metropolis’s coaching floor with Sky in Italy, Donnarumma mentioned: “It’s not easy leaving a club like this. After what happened, I felt really bad.
“I got here in and tailored to a sure model, however then the previous couple of months that model wasn’t there anymore.
“It is a disgrace after a season the place we introduced the Champions League to Paris, which had by no means occurred earlier than. It hurts. However you must flip the web page and at PSG, my team-mates and the followers will all the time really feel near me.
“I felt let down as a result of once I got here in, I tailored to PSG – I paid particular consideration to that. However in the end, the previous couple of months had been fully totally different. That dissatisfied me.
“It is one thing I am going to by no means be capable of clarify however you must settle for it. I used to be dissatisfied by it, about the best way they managed the scenario. It is unlucky, however you must transfer on.
“I will always thank PSG for what they gave me, and what I gave them, it was fantastic. And I always thank the fans.
“I’ll all the time return to Paris as a result of they gave me a second house, it was such a basic a part of my life. I am pleased with what I achieved there and what my team-mates and followers gave me, and I am going to all the time be grateful to them.”
‘Alien Haaland pushed laborious for me to affix Metropolis’
As a substitute, Donnarumma ended up shifting to Manchester – and has revealed that Erling Haaland performed a giant position in his Deadline Day transfer.
Requested about what he is prefer to play with, Donnarumma replied: “He’s a fantastic guy, so calm and he loves his family and being with them.
“We hit it off. There’s that synergy there the place there’s only a pure feeling. Even once we performed in opposition to one another, we had been in contact and after the video games we even spoke typically
“Then I had the opportunity to come here, he wrote to me. He pushed hard for me to come and I think him so much for that.
“He is really a terrific buddy – and it is a good factor I play with him as a result of it is so troublesome to be in opposition to him! He is an alien!”
Donnarumma also paid tribute to the rest of the City team for helping him acclimatise to the Premier League.
The Italian has kept six clean sheets in his first 12 games for Pep Guardiola’s side so far. “I am a bit offended as a result of I might have saved extra” laughed the goalkeeper.
“I didn’t expect to have such a positive impact on the Premier League. But the team helped me a lot because the moment I arrived, they welcome me very well.
“They helped me loads within the first video games, particularly the primary one which was simply three days in. Within the first coaching session, it felt like I had been there for 2 years.
“The league is very different, there’s a lot of running, a lot of intensity so I had to adapt immediately. But the team has been fundamental for me in these first few months.”
