Antonio Percassi, president of Atalanta, has confirmed that Gian Piero Gasperini will remain on the bench of the Bergamo team next season.
Bad news for Aurelio De Laurentiis and the Naples in the race to Gian Piero Gasperini. After the Europa League victory against Bayer Leverkusen, the Atalanta president Antonio Percassi it has in fact frozen the hopes of the Neapolitans of grabbing the coach from Grugliasco.
Percassi closes at Napoli: “Gasperini stays, zero doubts”
Interviewed by Rai Sport, Percassi was categorical about Gasperini’s future: “I have no doubt. Zero doubts about Gasperini, who remains with us“. Words that seem to leave no room for further interpretation.
The Bergamo number one then added: “We will meet and discuss more, but this trophy will help us continue together“. A clear sign of how Atalanta wants to continue their winning cycle with Gasperini at the helm.
Gasperini’s words fuel doubts
Yet, Gasperini’s own words after the match had fueled doubts about his future: “If I stay at Atalanta? It’s like when you have a wife and two children and you find a beautiful woman…“, a sentence which confirmed the interest of another club, presumably Napoli.
According to Corriere dello Sport, it is difficult that after Percassi’s clear statements, De Laurentiis can continue to cultivate hopes for the Bergamo coach. Barring sensational twists, Gasperini will remain where he is.
De Laurentiis forced to turn to other objectives?
For the Italian president, therefore, there is a need to turn to other objectives for the Napoli bench. Among the hot names are those of Vincenzo Italiano, Pioli and Antonio Conte.
Gasperini’s adventure at Atalanta seems destined to continue, while De Laurentiis will inevitably have to change strategy to identify a replacement for Francesco Calzona. The race for the right coach to relaunch Napoli has just begun.
