Italian may lack skills Pep Guardiola has expected from goalkeepers but he is still a match winner in his own right
Signing a goalkeeper with a reputation as lofty as Gianluigi Donnarumma would usually register as a powerful statement of intent but Manchester City?s addition of Italy?s Euro 2020 hero, the keeper whose saves guided Paris Saint-Germain to a first Champions League last season, has been met with a rather mixed reaction.
City?s troubled start to the season adds confusion, so too Pep Guardiola?s case history with goalkeepers. Ederson was beloved by City fans for being a maverick and played a key role in the team?s serial title wins. Just 32, relatively young for players in his position, a dalliance with a move to Saudi Arabia last year and the interest of Fenerbahce ? the club he has joined ? hastened his exit.
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