On 2 September 2025, Premier League club Manchester City announced the signing of Donnarumma on a five-year deal, with an option for a further year, for a reported transfer fee of £26 million.
His salary is reportedly
£13m this season
£14m in the 2nd and 3rd year
and £15m in the 4th and 5th years (and probably £15m the 6th year, the option year, as well)
that is £71m just in salary for 5 years, and probably £86m if they exercise the option
PLUS he can earn salary b
There are not ALL that many actually 'marquee' AND remotely available players in postions we need
GK
Diogo Costa
Gregor Kobel (not really suited to our style of play)
plus 3 older (33, 34yo next summer) ones:
Jan Oblak
Emiliano Martinez
Alisson
LCB
Alessandro Bastoni
Murillo
Alessandro Buongiorno
RCB (no clear perfect 'big name' targets)
Leny Yoro (probably not possible next summer, maybe never)
Bremer (but wil
Ligue 1 is miles ahead of both of these leagues. It also became a sort of farmer league for PL, they taylor made players for us, high percentage of players signed from there work out here. We can send players like Sarr or Paez as last step to RSC, if they work out there, they can be promoted to Chelsea. But from Belgian league? I don't think so.
It's very wise we chose to invest there.