A meeting with Milan is expected within a week to define the final details of the operation
Journalist
June 8 – 10.12am – MILAN
Gian Piero Gasperini said it during the recent forum in the Gazzetta dello Sport editorial office: “De Ketelaere has a sense of the game: of course, I repeat to him that he must stay closer to the goal. But he still has room for improvement and that’s nice.” And Charles will discover these margins in Bergamo where he is destined to remain next season too. By will of him and of the Bergamo club. “We finished the championship in recent days, in the next few days we will see each other with Milan. We will have the opportunity to talk and pick up the story from where we started with them in the relationship, knowing what Atalanta has done in recent months and what they have done anyway very good from Charles.”
the situation
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These further statements from the CEO Luca Percassi cement the road that will lead to redemption. There’s a week left before the deadline for making the option count: next Friday, the 14th. But Percassi and Stephen Pagliuca’s club has clear ideas. Nothing disturbs sleep in Bergamo. When Luca Percassi says that he will see Milan again it is simply a matter of course. Given that the Belgian’s loan was based on the right of redemption, and not the obligation, there are some economic aspects to be sorted out as was already clear since last summer when the deal was closed. And let’s talk about the percentage on future resale, bonuses and commissions. The deal is structured as follows: 3 million loan for the season just ended, 22 redemption, 2 bonus and 10% on the future resale of De Ketelaere.
the path traced
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Charles’ positive season surprised everyone: himself, Atalanta who had bet on it and Milan who had seen in the Bergamo club a good way out after a year living in the gray of Milan. In the end the Belgian did so well that that “right” became a moral obligation given that CDK entered the Atalanta mechanism as a protagonist. In a department where Gasperini considers players based on goals and assists. He scored 14 goals and offered 11 assists. Significant numbers that led the company to consider it a de facto purchase. In these days Atalanta will meet with Milan to settle that part of the agreement which has still been left subject to modification. The solution is not far away and will be everyone’s favorite. From Atalanta who will have CDK all to themselves, Charles who has found the ideal environment to express himself at his best and Milan who will still have a robust financial income after the investment. The normal skirmishes of the period have their days numbered, seven to be precise. Atalanta must exercise their option by Friday. So these days will be the decisive ones. “I would suggest to Charles De Ketelaere to confirm the house in Bergamo, because it is a beautiful city where one feels very comfortable”, said Luca Percassi on 24 April. On May 10, however, President Antonio Percassi added: “We will redeem him.” Chronologically, between the two statements, we must insert that of the Belgian: “I feel very comfortable at Atalanta. Here I found the right environment for me and a style of play that only Atalanta could give me”. Everyone happy. The moment has come.
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