Manchester City spent 30 million euros to sign goalkeeper Donaluma this summer. British media Daily Mail revealed that as early as the end of Guardiola's first season coaching Manchester City, he wanted to sign Donnarumma to take over Bravo.
reported that Bravo performed poorly that season and the team was considering who would take over him, and Donaruma was the first choice. In 2015, Milan and Tottenham had a friendly match at the Allianz Stadium in Munich. Guardiola observed Donnarumma at that time and has been paying attention to his growth in Milan since then. Guardiola is very optimistic about the Italian goalkeeper. Donarumma was only 16 years old at the time and had not yet made his first team debut.
Time comes in 2017, and Manchester City has a strong interest in Donnarumma, but due to Milan's excessive asking price, the transfer ultimately failed to happen.
Manchester City finally signed Ederson for £35 million, which was second only to the goalkeeper transfer fee of Buffon's transfer from Parma to Juventus in 2001, making it the second highest in history. This amount also provided a reference standard for Milan's valuation of Donnarumma at that time.