Inter were one step away from Donnarumma (La Presse) -spaziointer.it
The goalkeeper’s agent speaks, revealing the circumstances that led to the final choice. Here’s the truth about Inter.
It is known: when a player shows his best qualities and performances on the pitch, synonymous with a dedication that is now a product of times gone by, he enters the glories of the team he belongs to, but not only that. He becomes objective of big clubs, and then we deal with the economic proposals, with the popularity they enjoy but, above all, with the goals that that particular club wants to achieve.
This is the case of the national team goalkeeper, Gianluigi Donnarummaknown to all as “Gigio”, who has been at Paris Saint Germain for a few years now.
His agent spoke about the Italian, Enzo Raiola. In a long interview with Calciomercato.comthe agent of Donnarumma spoke about his client, revealing some background and some curiosities about the potential teams in which Gigio could have played, includingInter.
Gigio Donnarummafrom Castellammare di Stabia, made the leap in quality by arriving at Milan when he was still 14 years old.
On 25 October 2015, the day of his debut among “the greats” arrived: AC Milan-Sassuolo was played, Gigio was 16 years and 8 months old and became the second youngest goalkeeper to debut with the AC Milan shirt. From there, the prospect of a bright future.
As they say, the rest is history: it seemed like it would never end between Milan and Donnarumma, but in the end the Italian chose to break away from the Rossoneri to arrive in Paris. InterHowever, it was closemore than you might think.
Inter, Donnarumma was one step away
Antonio Gallianiat the time of Berlusconi’s presidency, declared it when Donnarumma signed for Milan: “Donnarumma was very close to Inter, more than one step away. We went to his house and managed to snatch him from the Nerazzurri.” To confirm this, today, Enzo Raiola.
In the sights of top clubs since childhood? Yes. Raiola confirmed it in the interview: “As a child he could have gone to Inter, Juventus… everywhere. Everyone wanted it. He was engaged to another club, but he was waiting for the call from Milan – the prosecutor begins – Bianchessi forced the operation, Adriano Galliani believed in it. So we closed it”, concludes Raiola, confirming the words released by Galliani when Donnarumma signed for Milan.
Before embarking on the experience in Paris, however, the Juventus was strong on the Italian goalkeeper: “There have always been rumors and probably in some moments it was a objectivebut they never made any concrete attempts,” says the agent.
Finally, it leaves everyone with uncertainty regarding a possible return to A league: “Football is beautiful because it is unpredictable, anything can happen. Today I find it tough, but never say never“.
This post was last modified on 19 June 2024 – 11.15pm
