Manchester City are closing in on the signing of PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.

The club are increasingly confident of agreeing terms with the player, with the framework of a deal between the clubs agreed in principle.

There is still work to do, however, and anything can happen on Deadline Day.

In turn, Fenerbahce are getting closer to agreeing a deal to sign Ederson.

Man City will only sanction an exit for Ederson if they sign Donnarumma as his replacement before Monday’s 7pm deadline.

Ederson joined Man City in the summer of 2017 for £35m from Portuguese club Benfica.

He has made 372 appearances, keeping 168 clean sheets.

‘Not a Guardiola goalkeeper’

French football expert Julien Laurens:

Only Manchester City have been talking to PSG to see what’s possible.

Is he the right fit for Manchester City? The answer is: 100 per cent, he isn’t.

On saves, him and Thibaut Courtois, there are no goalkeepers better, maybe that is enough for Guardiola to say he wants him.

But to play for Guardiola you have to be good with your feet. If you’re not good with the ball at your feet, you are not a Guardiola goalkeeper.

His distribution is not good enough for a Guardiola team. And his other weakness is he does not come for the ball in the air, he doesn’t like coming for crosses and corners.

If there is one league in the world where you have to be brave like that, it’s the Premier League. I cannot see how Guardiola thinks ‘this is the perfect guy for me’.

Neville: Man City’s defence will give teams chances

Gary Neville, speaking on his Sky Sports podcast, says Man City’s backline gives up too many chances and is putting pressure on their attackers.

“I didn’t think James Trafford was the problem today,” he said, reflecting on City’s 2-1 loss at Brighton on Super Sunday.

“I thought he looked a little bit startled against Tottenham. In fact he made a world-class save [at Brighton].

“When City were 1-0 up two or three years ago you could almost write the game off. They keep the ball, pop it around, suffocate teams with possession and eventually the team would have to do something and they would either see out a 1-0 win or they’d go and win two and three.

“That’s not this Manchester City now because that’s not a clean sheet back four anymore and it’s giving teams a chance it’s giving teams encouragement which means it puts pressure on the midfield and the forwards to score two and three.”

Sky Sports to show 215 live PL games this season

From this season, Sky Sports’ Premier League coverage has increased from 128 matches to at least 215 games exclusively live.

And 80 per cent of all televised Premier League games this season will on Sky Sports.