Gianluigi Donnarumma and “The bitter truth”

Periskopi

23 September 2025, 17:08(9 months ago)

La Gazzetta dello Sport has stressed that Gianluigi Donnarumma has “quality, fame and visibility” to win the Golden Ball in the coming years, but the sad truth is that to achieve this, he must also win the National of Italy. On Monday, the Italian goalkeeper confirmed his status as the [...] player.

On Monday, the Italian goalkeeper confirmed his status as the best Italian player of the moment, ranking 9th in the Golden Ball race and winning Tropheun “Yasin” for best goalkeeper of the year.

Journal Gazzetta, Filippo Maria Ricci, analyzed his career, suggesting that 26-year-old, who moved to Manchester City this summer, has the potential to target the most prestigious individual award in football.

Gianluji Donarumma

“The EVropian won by Italy at Wembley in 2021 gave Yash the first trophy. The long-awaited League of Champions with the SPG brought him the second, which he took last night to Theatelet”.

“Gigio can dream even more. It has the quality, fame, visibility, and already a big club behind it. But for Golden Ball, she also needs national”, writes Ricci, reports Telegraph, broadcast Periscope.

Donarumma has already won the European with Italy and Champions with the SPG, but has not yet debuted in a World, after Italy missed the editions of 2018 and 2022.