MANCHESTER UNITED have been dealt a blow in their pursuit of Gianluigi Donnarumma with the goalkeeper reportedly set to stay at AC Milan.
The 22-year-old goalkeeper is out of contract in the summer, leading to the likes of the Red Devils and Chelsea to keep tabs on his situation.
It had been claimed that the Italy international was given a May 23 deadline by the Rossoneri to pen a new contract at the San Siro.
Tuttosport stated that Milan were ready to hand the academy graduate £130,000-a-week to keep him at the club, with Juventus also keen to snap him up.
And according to talkSPORT’s European transfer expert Chris Parrott, Donnarumma is expected to commit his future to Milan, who could be back in the Champions League next term.
Parrott said: “This is a guy who’s only 22 and when he burst onto the scene we thought: ‘this is Buffon again isn’t it?’
“He’s going to be Milan’s goalkeeper and a lot of people say that Mino Raiola’s clients do not always end up at the right club at the right time.
“For me, for all of the years he has been at Milan this is the one year where you would not want to leave.
“They are threatening to create something and will be back in the Champions League next season. This isn’t the time to join Juventus.
“They need a major rebuild and it just seems again that Raiola isn’t getting his players to the right clubs but the clubs where they get the most money.
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“[Zlatan] Ibrahimovic is one of his most high profile players and he’s never won the Champions League.”
Donnarumma burst on the scene during the 2015-16 campaign where he became Milan’s first-choice goalkeeper at the age of 16.
Since making his debut, he has featured in an incredible 246 matches, as well as being capped 25 times by the Azzurri.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
