Nine years of time flow, the Italian soccer team back to the European Cup final stage. This time, the biggest hero of Italy's promotion road is not the goalkeeper Donnarumma. Against Spain, Donnarumma's heroic saves in regular time were impressive. In the penalty shootout, he once again saved the day, pouncing on Morata's shot, a heroic performance that can be described as classic.
Donnarumma is gifted, 1 meter 96 in height plus outstanding arm span, making him like an impregnable fortress in front of the door. According to statistics, the 22-year-old has played 32 games in the Italian national team, of which 18 games to achieve a shutout, and in the national team career has not appeared in a single game to lose more than 1 ball record.
In this campaign, Donnarumma once again showed his skills in punting. According to statistics, he has faced 44 penalties in his career so far, and successfully pounced 15 times, with a success rate of 34%. With the penalty shootout, his success rate has risen to 35%, which means that Donnarumma will be able to pounce on one out of every three penalties.
Surprisingly, Donnarumma, the "goal god", has now become a free agent without a team. His contract with AC Milan expired before the start of the Europa League, and the two sides eventually chose not to renew it. As a product of Milan's youth training camp, Donnarumma has played in Milan for six seasons. The two sides failed to renew his contract, mainly due to salary issues.
Donnarumma's agent Raiola has always acted in a high-profile manner. In the contract renewal negotiations, Donnarumma team expects to get ten million annual salary, but Milan side can only provide a maximum of 7 million euros. Salary differences eventually led to Donnarumma and Milan parted ways.
Donnarumma does not have a good reputation in the eyes of the fans. Many Milanese fans accused him of being a "white-eyed wolf" and jokingly called him "Chandos". They think Donnarumma is too money-oriented. In fact, Donnarumma just wants to get a salary that matches his ability, so what's wrong with that?
In today's soccer world, it is not uncommon for goalkeepers to earn ten million dollars a year. De Gea in the English Premier League, Oblak in La Liga, and Neuer in the German Bundesliga all earn as much as ten million dollars a year after tax. As a top goalkeeper in Serie A, is it too much for the young Donnarumma to ask for 10 million dollars a year? In the years of Milan's downturn, Donnarumma has always stood firm and helped the team return to the final.
AC Milan was and is a European powerhouse, on a par with Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern. However, to this day, they are outdated in my opinion. In the Milan team, the highest annual salary of 40-year-old Ibe reached 7 million euros. And players like Çalhanoglu and Kessie want to renew their contracts, the salary cap is only 5 million euros. Therefore, Çalhanoglu moved to Inter, and Kessie is also facing a contract renewal problem.
Last season, Milan won the runner-up in Serie A, but that doesn't mean they have recovered. The current Milan team is extremely unstable. A top goalkeeper like Donnarumma, even if he stays in Milan, is still too big to use. Now that Donnarumma's departure is a foregone conclusion, he's likely to join Ligue 1 giants Paris. Some people are willing to offer him ten million dollars a year, which also shows that Donnarumma's request is not wrong. The fault lies in the fact that Milan is now in a state of decline and is unwilling to invest too much in its players.
