Donnarumma's agent says Man City reassured goalkeeper despite guilty verdict

Gianluigi Donnarumma’s agent Enzo Raiola has revealed Manchester City personally reassured the goalkeeper after the club was found in breach of 114 financial regulations by an independent panel. Raiola confirmed dialogue has taken place between City and Donnarumma, signed last summer, and said the situation will not affect the player’s position at the club.

“Will the Manchester City chaos change anything? No, nothing will change for us or for Gigio,” Raiola told Radio Napoli Centrale. “News comes out periodically. The club has spoken with Gigio and everyone is calm. Now there are important games against Liverpool and PSG, then sporting justice will take its course. But Gigio has had reassurances from Manchester City.”

City continue to deny any wrongdoing and have lodged an appeal against the verdict. Club chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak has echoed the calm tone from the camp, with the club’s focus directed firmly toward upcoming fixtures.

The timing of the verdict — released at the start of the international break — meant City’s players were largely shielded from public scrutiny, with no press conferences or league games on the schedule. Norway notably removed Erling Haaland from media duties last month, and the striker returned to Manchester immediately after Norway’s final game after requesting to be substituted off, raising injury concerns.

City’s first fixture since the verdict is a trip to Anfield to face Liverpool, where a hostile reception is widely anticipated. Liverpool are considered among the clubs most directly affected by City’s rule-breaking and were one of four Premier League sides — alongside Manchester United, Arsenal and Tottenham — that issued legal notice of their right to seek compensation.

According to The Telegraph, those four clubs were informed of City’s guilty verdict ahead of the rest of the Premier League, a detail that is likely to intensify scrutiny on how the process was managed ahead of City’s appeal.