Milan to start 16-year-old 'keeper?

By Football Italia staff

There are multiple reports Milan will start 16-year-old goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma against Sassuolo on Sunday.

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La Gazzetta dello Sport and Sky Sport Italia both insist Sinisa Mihajlovic plans to drop Diego Lopez for the must-win game.

It would be Donnarumma’s Serie A debut and a remarkable fairy-tale for the teenager.

He is an Italy Under-17 international who won’t celebrate his 17th birthday until February 2016.

Donnarumma hasn’t even featured at competitive senior level for the Rossoneri, but he did face a penalty shoot-out with Real Madrid in the International Champions Cup this summer.

It would be a major blow for ex-Real Madrid goalkeeper Diego Lopez to be dropped in favour of a 16-year-old.

The Spaniard turns 34 next month and is contracted until June 2018.

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