Atletico Madrid sporting director Berta has a long list of central defenders on his agenda and one of these is Riccardo Calafiori, a 22-year-old defender from Bologna and currently with Italy at the European Championships. This is what AS reports. The Atlético manager knows the Italian market thoroughly, he knows what Calafiori is and what he could mean in the future. Calafiori has a contract with Bologna until 2027 and his market value is 30 million.
His 22 years make him a player of the future, with a long career – we read on the Spanish newspaper’s website -. Behind him are the greats of Italy and European football, even if in Italy they take it for granted that he will go to Juventus. Thiago Motta had him under his command and doesn’t want to let him escape in his project at Juventus. In Italy there is even talk of a verbal agreement between the player and the Turin club. Motta knows that he is a guaranteed defender, but Bologna also knows that the defender is a wanted player. Tottenham are interested in him and increase interest in the player.
Atlético is also very attentive to the future of this defender. He is a technical defender, with excellent ball passing, who can play as a central defender or left back. In fact he started as a winger. Plus he’s a hungry player. And it is the profile that both Simeone and Berta are looking for. For Atlético’s sporting director it is an impossible dream. Even though the market is moving…
