Gianluigi Donnarumma's mother will face split loyalties when she attends her son's first Champions League game for Manchester City on Thursday night.

Donnarumma is a boyhood Neapolitan and his family still live in the area. Mum Marinella is among the relatives heading to the Etihad on Thursday to watch her son in action, but on Wednesday, the 26-year-old goalkeeper still wasn't sure where her support would fall.

Napoli as a club and Naples as a city are close to Donnarumma's heart, and after pulling up a seat in the media auditorium at the City Football Academy for his first press conference since his £26million move from Paris St-Germain, you could hardly wipe the smile from his face.

The "excitement" at facing Napoli and the thrill of joining a club he had set his heart on from th

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