‘I wanted’ – Gianluigi Donnarumma takes unusual route to win Man City award

Gianluigi Donnarumma has been impossible to ignore at Manchester City. Aside from the fact he towers over most at 6ft4, you had a goalkeeper arriving on the last day of the summer transfer window seen by many as anything but a Pep Guardiola player here to relegate a homegrown academy product.

Add to that replacing a goalkeeper with one of the biggest impacts in City and Premier League history in Ederson, and it is far to say Donnarumma has and continues to divide opinion among the fanbase. His shotstopping hasn’t been seen regularly at the…