The boss of Manchester City Guardiola plays the concerns around the fallibility of Donnarumma with his feet

Pep Guardiola does not intend to ask Gianluigi Donnarumma to do what Ederson did so successfully for Manchester City for many years.

Ederson helped revolutionize the position of goalkeeper during his stay in England, helping to build back movements while having the skills to choose teammates with specific long balls if necessary.

Its capacity with its feet has become a useful part of the city armory while the club won six Premier League titles and the Champions League.

Guardiola not won by Donnarumma’s weaknesses

The Brazilian international left for Fenerbahce earlier this month after City obtained the signing of Donnarumma as a replacement. The Italian is not considered strong on the ground, but is undoubtedly a better shooting cap and Guardiola will try to use the forces of Donnaruma rather than worrying about his weaknesses.

“I always try to adapt to the quality of the players,” he said. “I would not ask Gigi to do something with which he is uncomfortable. We are talking about the best player [goalkeeper] I have never seen with the distribution, short and long passes, in Ederson.

“We didn’t take Gigi to do what Ederson did. Gigi has another quality. “

Asked his first impressions of Donnarumma, who played a key role while Paris Saint-Germain won the Champions League campaign last season and was a star artist in the triumphant campaign of Euro 2020 in Italy, Guardiola looked like heaven and said: “He is so big. He’s so huge. All goalkeepers, bring personality, there are a lot of games. has.”