Atalanta transfer market: Bamba target, Lookman, De Ketelaere and Ederson untransferable

Journalist

December 30 – 11.38am – MILANO

Retain the big names for a Dea-style return round, which allows for a European placement. Atalanta’s January transfer window aims to be extremely conservative, in the sense that the primary objective is to maintain the current level, because the club is convinced that it has a squad capable of achieving the European goal. If anything, someone will have to be sold, because there are several players who are struggling to find space and have a lot of requests. Among those eligible are Marco Brescianini (who is on Fiorentina’s list), and Samir Samardzic, who isn’t playing much (3 goals but only 5 matches from the first minute).

lookman and ederson

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Raffaele Palladino hopes that the real signing of the winter transfer market is Ademola Lookman, long courted by Inter last summer and now in great form in the Africa Cup of Nations (two goals in the first two matches of the competition). “I think many things have happened – he said in a long interview with ON Sport – but now the focus is how to get back into top shape. I’m trying to do better every day, that’s the most important thing. What if I’m still angry? No, I’m living in the moment and trying to perform as best I can. The future? I hope it’s big and shiny, I’m positive and I think positively about things, always.” The coach is waiting for him to recreate the trident with Gianluca Scamacca and Charles De Ketelaere because he is a difficult player to replace. Another untransferable player is Ederson, who is liked by Inter and Juventus but cannot be touched by the Percassi family. Nikola Krstovic, signed in the summer from Lecce, will also remain, despite not being convincing so far (936 minutes played in all competitions and 3 goals): having already taken the field in August with the Giallorossi in the Italian Cup, another transfer is not possible already in the January window. It will be up to the new coach to relaunch him.

for the future

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If anything, Atalanta is looking around for the future: they like the Ivorian Mohamed Bamba of Lorient (24 years old) and the Moroccan Yassir Zabiri (20) of Famalicao for the attack and the Nigerian Anthony Dennis (21) of Göztepe for the midfield.