GIANLUIGI DONNARUMMA is reportedly sharpening up his English skills and ready to quit AC Milan – putting Chelsea and Everton on alert for a potential transfer.
With the goalkeeper’s current deal expiring in June 2021, clubs including PSG are lining up to either bid this summer or once he becomes a free agent.
Chelsea’s goalkeeping situation has made many headlines this season as Kepa Arrizabalaga struggles to convince boss Frank Lampard he can be trusted with the No1 jersey long-term.
Therefore the Premier League outfit, strongly linked with Ajax’s Andre Onana, are monitoring Donnarumma’s situation, according to La Gazzetta dello Sport.
Agent Mino Raiola’s demands for the Italian reportedly vary greatly from what AC Milan, who have failed to qualify for the Champions League since 2013/14, will offer.
Still only 21, Donnarumma will tip 200 appearances for the Rossoneri if the season is completed and is said to be learning English in his spare time.
Also named as keen on his signature are Carlo Ancelotti’s Everton and Liverpool.
For Milan, the possibility of an approach for the keeper in the summer is seen as very real and Calciomercato have described a fee of £47million as non-negotiable.
That may do enough to put some clubs off plucking Donnarumma this year with PSG reportedly preferring to swoop for a free transfer in 2021.
But Chelsea were reported earlier this month to be pushing ahead of the pack, by making contact with Raiola over a £7m-a-year contract for the shot-stopper.
Juventus and Real Madrid have also been named as interested in the player – with his agent hinting on Thursday that a mega deal with Los Blancos is in the offing for one of his clients.
Raiola told Marca: “I want to take a great footballer [to Real] and I will try this summer.
“It would be a pride for me and my footballers because Real Madrid is a great club. Alphonse Areola is already there, but it’s only half an operation because it’s a loan deal.”
