Donnarumma becomes 11th Italian in Premier League after Manchester City move

Originally posted on Football Italia | By Sam Wilson | Last updated Sep 2, 2025 5:56 PM ET

With the arrival of Gianluigi Donnarumma at Manchester City, Italy now have eleven players representing the nation in the Premier League.

Donnarumma signed for Pep Guardiola’s side in a deal worth around €30 million, signing a five-year contract with the English giants after being put up for sale by Paris Saint-Germain.

Donnarumma becomes 11th current Premier League Italian

The former Milan goalkeeper is one of five new Italians in the Premier League this season. Diego Coppola signed for Brighton from Verona in June, young centre-back Giovanni Leoni joined Liverpool, Nicolo Savona moved from Juventus to Nottingham Forest and Leeds’ promotion to England’s top flight sees Wilfried Gnonto return to the league.

The other Italian players in the Premier League are Riccardo Calafiori (Arsenal), Michael Kayode (Brentford), Federico Chiesa (Liverpool), Sandro Tonali (Newcastle), Destiny Udogie and Guglielmo Vicario (Tottenham).

Donnarumma completes deadline day switch to Manchester City

PSG shocked world football earlier in the summer when they signed Lucas Chevalier from Lille and confirmed Gianluigi Donnarumma would be allowed to leave the club.

Donnarumma was off the back of a top season with the Ligue 1 outfit, playing a pivotal role in the side’s Champions League success – making key saves to keep the Parisian side in the competition in tough games against Liverpool and Arsenal.

However, Luis Enrique decided he wanted a different kind of goalkeeper in-between the sticks in the French capital and highly-rated Chevalier was brought into the club. Yesterday, on deadline day, City completed their move for Donnarumma – sending Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson to Turkish Super Lig outfit Fenerbahce to create space for the Italian.

This article first appeared on Football Italia and was syndicated with permission.

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