Football: Gianluigi Donnarumma absent from PSG squad for European Super Cup against Tottenham

This decision comes three days after the arrival of Lucas Chevalier and just before the capital club's first match of the season.

He was one of the key players in Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League triumph at the end of May. Just over two months later, Gianluigi Donnarumma is experiencing a brutal downgrade. The Italian goalkeeper has not been called up for the European Super Cup against Tottenham on Wednesday, August 13, a top-flight clash that signals the start of the new season for the Parisian team (at 9 p.m., in Udine, Italy).

No medical reason was mentioned by PSG, who recruited another goalkeeper three days earlier, the Frenchman Lucas Chevalier , 23 years old and just elected best goalkeeper of the season in Ligue 1. The Lille transfer, himself, is in the list of 20 players prepared by Luis Enrique to face the winner of the last Europa League .

Only under contract until the summer of 2026, the 26-year-old Italian could leave the capital without any transfer fee going to PSG if he doesn't extend his contract by then. Beyond the sporting decision to invest in Lucas Chevalier, the Parisian club has an interest in finding a way out for Gianluigi Donnarumma this summer if it wants to recover cash.

Even before the official announcement of this exclusion, part of the Italian press was outraged by the treatment reserved for the only goalkeeper on the list of 30 players nominated for the 2025 Ballon d'Or . "As with Mbappé: the Luis Enrique method and the lack of elegance of PSG," wrote the Gazzetta dello Sport [link in Italian] . In La Stampa , the former Italian international goalkeeper Gianluca Pagliuca defended him and spoke of "a mind-blowing decision by the club." "He's the best goalkeeper in the world, I think it could be worth a few million more in salary," he added. In four seasons spent in Paris, Gianluigi Donnarumma played 161 matches and lifted 10 trophies.