With David De Gea being apparently now a target for Paris Saint-Germain, it was almost expected to see Manchester United linked with a replacement.
Many goalkeepers could do the trick, but why spend a transfer fee when there is a young, reliable and still with room to grow shot stopper available on a free?
You know who we’re talking about: Gianluigi Donnarumma.
The Italy international entered the last six months of his contract in January, and with just over three now left, the panic stations are being set up over at San Siro.
Numerous clubs have been linked, and Corriere dello Sport reckon Manchester United, who so happen to also be Milan’s next opponents in the Europa League, are in the mix.
It’s all very subtle despite it being a long article, explaining this will be Donnarumma’s first time at Old Trafford amid the ‘shadow of the Red Devils’, described as ‘a threat not only for Pioli’, hinting they are one off the pitch too.
It’s stated ‘his renewal is intertwined with a fidelity that has never wavered’, all the while ‘Manchester have lined up for Gigio, waiting for events’.
They then end the whole thing with a more blatant hint than the one above, writing: ‘So Manchester, for Milan, risk not only being an opponent just on the pitch’.
Mino Raiola has requested a €10m/year wage for his client (around £165k/week), which, if, and it’s a big one, David De Gea is sold, the Red Devils shouldn’t have too much trouble paying.
So, there you have it folks: a couple of days before the Europa League clash, the Gianluigi Donnarumma to Manchester United rumour we should have seen coming.
