Surprises could arrive for the fate of Charles De Ketelaere, the AC Milan-owned playmaker who is making his mark with Atalanta.
In many, at the time of the official move on loan toAtalantathey already suspected how the second Italian season of Charles De Ketelaere. Defined as a market flop at Milanliterally regenerated near Bergamo, with high level performance.
The Belgian talent, strongly desired by Paolo Maldini in the summer of 2022, he did not take advantage of his chances (actually few) with the Rossoneri shirt, being labeled as a still immature footballer and without the bite needed to blossom in Italian football. But a few months under treatment was enough Gasperini to turn around and return to being that brilliant jewel seen in his time at Bruges.
De Ketelaere he is having an excellent season, as is that of all of Atalanta. The Belgian will play as a protagonist in both the Champions League match and the final Italian Cupboth the double semi-final of Europa League against Marseille, after knocking teams like Sporting Lisbon and Liverpool out of the competition.
Not just Atalanta: now the Premier League is knocking for De Ketelaere
Atalanta took out a loan De Ketelaere last summer: expenditure of 3 million for the temporary title, to which others can be added 23 million (plus 2 bonus) to redeem him definitively. Milan would get a good income, although it is a shame not to have exploited and enhanced the crystalline talent of the class of 2001.
But the future of CDK It’s not 100% written yet at Atalanta. Not because Gasperini’s team doesn’t want to keep him, but because of the external pressure coming from abroad. According to what was written by the reporter Nicolò Schira, De Ketelaere’s card would have begun to attract attention even in Premier League.
I am two English companiesnot well identified, who would have tested the ground with the Milan in the last weeks. Clubs impressed by the qualities of the Belgian striker and ready to make concrete offers to bring him across the Channel. The Rossoneri smell an auction and a capital gain, but the first word always belongs to Atalanta, who, as mentioned, boast a right of redemption to retain the player who grew up in Bruges.
Therefore, if the Orobic club were to hesitate on the permanence of De Ketelaere, Milan would not lack him alternatives to be able to sell this jewel permanently. However, it remains very difficult for CDK to return to the Rossoneri to play his cards, despite the exponential growth compared to last year.
