Gianluigi Donnarumma

[BXL70 396]

He is too young.

[Pizy 18,849]

He's basically a younger Courtois. Massive, great shot stopper, commands his area well. Same weaknesses, though, by the look of it. Not a ball player. At only 19 with loads of time to develop he's worth a shot but as has been mentioned in the Alisson thread, he's got that cunt of an agent Raiola.

[Marvin123 527]

Mio Raiola sta lavorando con la Roma e spera di sbloccare l’operazione Areola, le alternative sono Olsen e Cillessen. L’agente ha fatto un tentativo con il club giallorosso, proponendo Donnarumma, ma è stato subito respinto per l’altissimo ingaggio del portiere rossonero. Il futuro di Gigio? E’ nella lista del Chelsea, che deve prima prendere un nuovo numero uno e poi manderà Courtois al Real, e resiste una timida opzione Psg (già memorizzata) per i rapporti tra Raiola e il club francese.

 

Mio Raiola is working with Roma and hopes to unlock the Areola operation, the alternatives are Olsen and Cillessen. The agent made an attempt with the Giallorossi club, proposing Donnarumma, but was immediately dismissed for the high level of the Rossoneri's goalkeeper. The future of Gigio? He is on Chelsea's list, who must first take a new number one and then send Courtois to Real, and resist a timid Psg option (already memorized) for the relations between Raiola and the French club.

[Bernard N Y Burgesson 139]

For me the difference between him and Courtois is that he seems a bit comfortable with the ball at his feet compared to Courtois. He occasionally tries beaten a player rushing towards him. 

Secondly I don't see him having weakness so far. Yes he has mistakes but mistakes can be corrected over time weakness can't really. As for Courtois, the opposite has a weakness of getting to ground balls quickly but little to non mistakes. Thats how he is able to concede three low played shots goal, two of which go through his legs by messi last season. I would still prefer we try to keep Courtois after all based on the last world cup, he is the best keeper on the planet.  

If we should sell it should be above $60m

[Special Juan 28,091]

Sounds like Leicester are in talks with Liverpool to sign Danny Ward.....KS maybe on his way.

[Pizy 18,849]

If the shortlist for our next keeper is indeed Donnarumma, Schmeichael, and Cech then I'd bring in Donnarumma. The other two would be too big of a downgrade in my opinion. Donnarumma is so young that he can only get better with top class coaching. KS and Cech are already 30+ and will only decline.

Cech in particular is years past his best. How terrible would it look if Arsenal bin Cech because he's not good enough for them and we then bring him back?

[Duppy Conqueror 1,526]

I wouldn`t be against signing Donnarumma and one of Kasper or Petr.the latter could be a player/GK coach..the former somebody for competition to start until Donnarumma is ready to start the majority of games,which he may be ready but would be good insurance.

it`s worth remembering we signed Cech from Rennes and Courtois from Genk..examples of at times arguably the best keepers in the world signed from 2 small clubs a reminder with good scouting we don`t need to make big time splashes in the transfer market to get big time talent..there is probably some gems out there but alas we are short of time and we don`t have a great set up at the moment to find such talent. 

[Superblue 6,372]

Really not sold on Donnarumma. He was pretty poor last season and there is always a worry that he hasn't yet followed up on his early career promise. 

To be honest I don't see anything particularly standout that may be available, and nothing near the standard that Courtois is at. Donnarumma and Schmeichel would likely cost more than what we'd get for Courtois. I understand the contract situation, but paying out more money to get weaker does not sound enticing.

With that in mind, I would rather us go for someone like Butland in that situation who we could probably get fairly cheap with Stoke getting relegated (probably around £20m and one of our good young players on loan for the season perhaps). He'll either make the step up, or if he's deemed not good enough in a year's time we haven't wasted too much money on him and would likely recoup our money back, which may not happen with more expensive options.

There has to be a valid argument though for keeping Courtois because the money we get for him will have to be reinvested in a replacement anyway which may not be one highly valued and thought of at the club. Also missing out on the Champions League again could cost so much more.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

Is it just me or has this guy's bodytransformed to unathletic?

 

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[Special Juan 28,091]

Dunno but he's a got fucking nose to rival Courtois.

[Eidur the Spider 4,515]

5 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

Dunno but he's a got fucking nose to rival Courtois.

Hope he doesn’t talk as much shit as the big nosed Belgian. 

[the wes 7,212]

Kepa Arrizabalaga is a good keeper we should go in for him