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Since Bayern doesn’t have enough money and needs a good goalkeeper, why can’t Donnarumma consider it?

3:33pm, 14 May 2025【Football】

If Paris can achieve the supreme glory of the triple-champion for the first time in team history this season, what we cannot deny and ignore must be Enrique's training and Dembele's performance. However, if it were not the same as Donnarumma's repeated saves in front of the goal line and the domineering aura of keeping his opponent out of the goal, Paris would not have gone very far in the Champions League. It is still a huge unknown whether it can surpass Liverpool!

So, if you rank the goalkeeper position in the current world football, you must have the top three candidates.

So, for Bayern, who has been looking for Neuer's successor in recent years, can he consider introducing it?

Although Donnarumma's future may not be in Bayern, Bayern's future does require goalkeepers like Donnarumma. What's more, with Neuer about to retire, who is not short of money, who should Bayern choose Donnarumma if he doesn't choose Donnarumma?

Bayern has bid farewell to Mueller this year, and I believe next year will be Neuer, who is 40 years old. This situation undoubtedly brings a great coincidence - the contract between Bayern and Neuer will expire next year, and the contract between Donnarumma and Paris will also expire next year (if Bayern does not have a budget this year, they can also strive for a high salary and visa-free visa next summer).

In the goalkeeper position, or in the process of attracting excellent players, Bayern has an advantage that currently Donnarumma values ​​more - money, more money, more money!

Neul this season still has a pre-tax salary of 21 million euros (German transfer statistics), while his total salary in the next season can still be 20 million euros (maybe the total amount including the bonus). In the current European football world, no goalkeeper can earn more than Neuer. But Donnarumma, who has not been absolutely successful in renewing his contract with Paris, is actually stuck in his salary - the player's requirement is the standard of 10 million after tax, but Paris seems to be more willing to reach an agreement at around 8 million.

How do Paris fans think about renewal? In fact, it is very simple. Apart from expensive items, there are no other disadvantages!

If Paris gives up Donaluma, there is actually little hope to find such a top goalkeeper, because what it requires is the goalkeeper's experience and experience and his own talent. However, Donnarumma has proved himself in European Cup and Champions League events; so, if Paris really wants to give up Donnarumma this summer, other giants in European football will undoubtedly be extremely excited - in the case where Ederson may leave the team, with Neuer about to retire, and when Sommer is 37 years old and close to his old age, Manchester City, Bayern and Inter Milan will actually become one of Donnarumma's next homes. And more importantly, even Inter Milan, which many people regard as not so rich, seems willing to provide an annual salary of 9 million euros after tax.

As for the heroic Bayern and Manchester City, which are not short of money at all, I am afraid the offer will not be low. Moreover, in the just-passed Champions League knockout round, Donnarumma and Sommer's performance once again proved the goalkeeper's positioning problem in recent years: having the ability to take the ball and attack is naturally a plus, but the goalkeeper's goal line save skills and in-goal reactions are always the most important ability!

Just imagine, a goalkeeper who is only 26 years old has the huge pressure of 1.96 meters in front of the goal, plus the top save and reaction (down-ground) speed and position selection ability, and he has at least ten years of peak period to trust.

So, I just give him 20 million euros before tax. Is it really expensive?

Why did Bayern need Neuer so persistently? In fact, the truth is still explained 14 years later today. Kahn retired in the summer of 2008. Before Neuer arrived in the summer of 2011, Bayern used three different goalkeepers to survive this period - the appointed successor, Rensing; the old goalkeeper who was rejuvenated in the second spring, Butt; Craft, who had highlights and troughs.

Are the above three really not capable enough? If Bayern's goal is only the Bundesliga, it is not absolutely unforgivable even if the three of them really make some mistakes. But the problem is that at that time, what Bayern needed was a powerful goalkeeper who could hold the stadium and was a stern goalkeeper, not a shy Craft or Butt.

And now, the same problem has reappeared - is Bayern's future goalkeeper choice really the players such as Peretz, Nuber or Urbich?

If compared with Neuer, these three people have a huge age advantage. But if you compare Donaruma, who was born in 1999, everyone is a player of the same age, and Nuber is even three years older than Donaruma;

But what if you compare your abilities? Urbich may have the ability and talent, but his starting point cannot be compared with Donarumma. And more importantly, when Nuber who rents out can get an annual salary of 8 million euros, can't he really give the annual salary after tax that Donaluma wants?

With Mueller and Neuer leaving one after another in the past two years, Bayern's lineup structure will also be about to try to make a comprehensive transition for all post-00s. It is undeniable that Urbich may be an extremely cost-effective option at the moment, but in European football where results are needed, especially for Bayern, who still wants to compete for the Champions League, Urbich is far from enough.

But Donarumma is different. He is only 26 years old. He does not have too many injuries but has rich experience in the game, experience and big scene experience far exceeding other players of the same age.

shouldn't it be more expensive? Considering that the sum of Neuer and Nuber this season is nearly 30 million euros, is choosing Donnarumma really a premium behavior?

Maybe, not!