News arrives after the meeting that took place today between Gian Piero Gasperini and Atalanta for the renewal of the coach’s contract. The parties have had an initial meeting and will meet again tomorrow. The coach’s request to the owners is to build a very competitive team for next season, with 3-4 high-level signings, strengthening all departments, excluding the replacement of Teun Koopmeiners, who should leave. Gasperini’s idea, after the victory in the Europa League, is to have a team ready to compete in the Champions League too, and new high-level faces will be needed, given that for the moment the squad is not up to par in the top European competition . Tuttomercatoweb writes it.
In addition to this, the coach has asked for 2 years more contract than the current oneor until 30 June 2027, given that the current agreement will expire in 2025. The company’s idea was instead to extend until 2026, perhaps with an option for the following season.
Percassi’s will is to retain Gasperini and the owners will have to think about both the squad to be built according to the coach’s requests and the duration of the contract. It will be an evening of reflection for the owners and tomorrow there will be another meeting, where the answers to the requests made by Gasp will arrive.
In all this, Napoli is in a hurry to close the agreement with the new coach and the sensations are those of Gasperini staying at Atalanta which is approaching. The Azzurri are waiting but in the meantime they are looking around: the names of Antonio Conte and Stefano Pioli remain to be considered and the fact that the negotiation at Atalanta is going forward does not help the Azzurri club, which however is still on the window.
