{"id":73577,"date":"2025-08-16T21:39:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T21:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/73577\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T21:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T21:39:08","slug":"man-city-receive-official-bid-amid-donnarumma-interest-as-guardiola-transfer-stance-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/73577\/","title":{"rendered":"Man City receive &#8216;official bid&#8217; amid Donnarumma interest as Guardiola transfer stance revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to Fabrizio Romano, Manchester City have received an offer for Ederson, who could leave after eight years at the club.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/pep-guardiola\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pep Guardiola<\/a> has confirmed that Ederson is his No.1 goalkeeper \u201cright now\u201d and is \u201cfit\u201d to face Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Brazilian has not traveled for the Premier League opener and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/every-premier-league-transfer-release-completed-summer-2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">summer signing James Trafford<\/a> is expected to make his debut in goal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEderson didn\u2019t come to me and say I want to leave or I have an offer,\u201d Guardiola said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the players are here and are our players and I work with them\u2026 What\u2019s going to happen, nobody knows!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old has been linked with an exit all summer, with clubs in Turkey and Saudi Arabia keen.<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/gianluigi-donnarumma-man-utd-man-city-psg-transfer-opinion\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gianluigi Donnarumma flaws mean Man Utd makes more sense than Man City<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And reported interest in unwanted Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/gianluigi-donnarumma\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gianluigi Donnarumma<\/a> has only added fuel to the fire, with Galatasaray in pole position to land Ederson.<\/p>\n<p>Transfer expert Romano confirmed on Saturday morning that the Turkish champions have made an opening offer for the ex-Benfica goalkeeper.<\/p>\n<p>Romano says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/manchester-city\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man City<\/a> have received an offer worth\u00a0\u20ac10million (\u00a38.6million), but Guardiola\u2019s side want a \u2018higher fee\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Donnarumma, meanwhile, \u2018has already opened doors to City move\u2019, and if he joins, Ederson is free to leave.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1956628338283368562\" target=\"_blank\">Romano posted on X:<\/a> \u201cGalatasaray send first official bid to Man City for Ederson. Proposal in the region of \u20ac10m while City ask for higher fee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGigio Donnarumma has already opened doors to City move, no issues on personal terms If Ederson leaves, Donnarumma can join #MCFC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sky Sports reporters Lyall Thomas &amp;\u00a0Adrian Kajumba reported on Friday that Guardiola wants Ederson to stay and remain their first-choice \u2018keeper.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester City\u00a0want\u00a0Ederson\u00a0to stay at the club and remain their number one goalkeeper.<\/p>\n<p>If an offer arrived for him before the deadline then City will\u00a0have a\u00a0decision to make.<\/p>\n<p>Part of that decision will also be looking for a potential replacement and Paris Saint-Germain\u2019s\u00a0Gianluigi Donnarumma\u00a0is a player City have tracked for a long time.<\/p>\n<p>However, they are not negotiating with PSG for the Italian as things stand.<\/p>\n<p>One source has even indicated to\u00a0Sky Sports News\u00a0that he has been considered as a potential free transfer option for next year.<\/p>\n<p>If City end up needing to replace Ederson this summer then Donnarumma is likely to be one name on their shortlist.<\/p>\n<p>Donnarumma posted a statement on Thursday evening that confirmed he is leaving PSG.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the special Paris fans, From the first day I arrived, I gave everything \u2013 on and off the pitch \u2013 to earn my place and defend the goal of Paris Saint-Germain,\u201d the Italian wrote in a letter to the club\u2019s supporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, someone has decided that I can no longer be part of the group and contribute to the team\u2019s success. I am disappointed and disheartened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope to have the opportunity to look the fans at the Parc des Princes in the eyes one more time and say goodbye as it should be done.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf that doesn\u2019t happen, I want you to know that your support and affection mean the world to me, and I will never forget it. I will always carry with me the memory of all the emotions, the magical nights, and of you, who made me feel at home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo my teammates \u2013 my second family \u2013 thank you for every battle, every laugh, every moment we shared. You will always be my brothers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlaying for this club and living in this city has been an immense honour. Thank you, Paris.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/opinion-liverpool-bournemoth-chaos-ekitike-debut-isak-luxury-signing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool chaos, Hugo Ekitike debut proves Alexander Isak would be luxury signing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to Fabrizio Romano, Manchester City have received an offer for Ederson, who could leave after eight years&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,57217,585,47540,818,2354,44,1614,13198,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-73577","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-ederson","11":"tag-front-page","12":"tag-gianluigi-donnarumma","13":"tag-home-page","14":"tag-manchester-city","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-premier-league","17":"tag-soccer","18":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}