Posted on December 3, 2021 at 2:30 p.m. by Hadrien Grenier While arriving at Paris Saint-Germain this summer, Gianluigi Donnarumma clearly seems to be under the spell of the capital club and its environment. Paris Saint-Germain was on the lookout for any opportunities during the last summer transfer window. Thus, despite the presence of Keylor Navas in their squad, the Parisian management have decided to jump at the opportunity represented by Gianluigi Donnarumma. At the end of his contract at AC Milan , the Italian international never reached an agreement with the Lombard club to renew his lease there, and he therefore signed for five years at PSG after winning the Euro with Italy. The 22-year-old doorman has since entered into competition with Keylor Navas and must therefore spend some matches on the bench, Mauricio Pochettino favoring alternation in the management of his two goalkeepers. What make Gianluigi Donnarumma regret having joined PSG ? Lowering no! “It's been a long time since PSG followed me. It was almost written for me to come to Paris. I had no hesitation. I was seduced by the fierce desire to recruit me, to make me feel that he absolutely wanted me to join this family. And, of course, I was seduced by the club's ambition, this desire to win everything. I would like to thank everyone for the extraordinary welcome, the managers, the teammates and the audience. A splendid city, a great club and a great team: I am overwhelmed! I was super motivated. My contract barely signed, while I was still on vacation, I counted the days that separated me from the resumption with the club. I was excited to get to know my teammates, to discover what would now be my home, ”said the winner of the Yachine Trophy in the columns of France Football. Since last July, Gigio Donnarumma has therefore discovered a new environment and a club that aspires to win the Champions League , a competition for which he has helped qualify the AC Milan just before his departure. And if he may have been impressed at the start, the native of Castellammare di Stabia in February 1999 said he was quickly put at ease by his team-mates. “It was a highlight to enter this locker room. All of them put me at ease and immediately made me feel at home, integrating me into this great PSG family. I already knew Hakimi, Rafinha and, of course, Marco Verratti. I also found Gianluca Spinelli, great goalkeeper trainer, with whom I worked in selection. He and Toni (Jimenez, the other coach of the goalkeepers) help me on a daily basis to expand, to become stronger. Contact with the rest of the team happened naturally. It's important as a feeling, because the group is created in the locker room. When you arrive at the stadium, in a full and festive Park, with hyper warm and enthusiastic supporters, you understand that you are joining the top. The first training with Neymar, Messi and Mbappé? At this idea, I let myself be overwhelmed by emotion. But, on the ground, all that disappeared. They immediately opened their arms to me, made me feel at ease. We joked, made fun of, joked. It's important to feel such things when you discover a new club, a new country. Upstream, we inevitably ask ourselves questions, but in the end everything turned out fantastic ”, continued the Italian. And it is clearly not competition with Keylor Navas who could act as a black point for him. Indeed, Gianluigi Donnarumma says he knew very well where he was going, and especially that this duel with the Costa Rican goalkeeper is something very educational for him. This is why he insisted on denying any tension with his counterpart as some observers fear. “With Keylor, I have an excellent relationship, there is not the slightest conflict. It happens that people speak indiscriminately, start to imagine complicated situations. It can not be helped. But this is by no means the reality. We are both friends and everything is going very well between us. Keylor and I are united, like the entire locker room. You know, we are two very quiet and respectful boys. Afterwards, of course at PSG, I find myself in a new situation for me, but I live it very well. It helps me to mature, ”said the 6 foot tall right-hander. In short, as much to say that all is well in the best of all possible worlds for Gigio Donnarumma at PSG . 
“I am overwhelmed!” “
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