Juventus Football Director Cristiano Giuntoli reportedly discussed three Atalanta players over dinner with La Dea’s head coach Gian Piero Gasperini and sporting director Tony D’Amico.
The Orobici hosted Thiago Motta’s men in a postponed Serie A fixture on Tuesday night which predictably ended in a 1-1 draw. Pierre Kalulu gave the visitors the lead after the interval, but Mateo Retegui made a timely return from injury to snatch a late equalizer for the Scudetto hopefuls.
According to Il Corriere dello Sport via IlBianconero, Giuntoli stayed behind in Bergamo after the contest, as he had a meeting with Gasperini and D’Amico over dinner.
The Roman newspaper claims that the topic of the discussion likely centred around three Atalanta stars.
The first name on the list is midfield enforcer Ederson who has already attracted the attention of several European giants, including the likes of Man City, Man Utd and Real Madrid.
The 25-year-old has been an irreplaceable player at the centre of Gasperini’s tactical setup. Therefore, a January departure is considered out of the question. In the summer, the Brazilian could be available for 60 million euros, which was the same asking price Atalanta slapped on Teun Koopmeiners’ back last summer.
The second name mentioned in the report is Giorgio Scalvini. The Bianconeri have been following the young defender for several years, but this track faded when the player sustained an ACL injury at the end of last season. Nevertheless, the Italian has pulled off a speedy recovery and is gradually regaining his role as a pillar at the back for La Dea.
Finally, the source talks about Retegui who is another longtime target for the Old Lady. The Italy international made a €22M move from Genoa to Atalanta last summer following Gianluca Scamacca’s injury.
But following his blistering start to his stint at Bergamo, the 25-year-old striker’s value has skyrocketed, and is now estimated between 45 and 50 million euros.
At first glance I thought it is about Guintoli had dinner to convince Gasperini to take over. :/ however ederson and retegui idea is not bad but is costly. It would be better to build the squad around cheaper and quality players…similarly like Juve winning era started…. vidal, pogba, pirlo, vucinic they together were cheaper than koops. In this way they can slowly and firmly grow finnacially as weel, like Atalanta will if they invest smart from selling big and buy alternative for less. If we are not yet strong finnacialy why splashing with funds and risk too big (in case of expensive flops like arthur, d.luiz, Felipe melo,…)
I’d rather scalvini. Emerson will be too expensive. Koop has flopped. Agreed that money should have been better spent but that is hindsight because if we had the production of Koop from the previous year we wouldn’t be saying that. Koop and luiz flopping has been a massive blow to this team. They were supposed to revolutionize the midfield. Buts it’s the same old problem. Even more interesting is that luiz was on the bench from the beginning of the season. For the money we spent he should have been and automatic starter. Locatelli has made him completely irrelevant which says a lot. Loca hasn’t been better than last season. Seems Luiz and Motta are completely at odds. Strange because I watched him a lot in the prem and was one of my favorite players to watch over the last couple of years – he was such a difference maker for AV. Brazilian midfielders and juve just don’t seem to mix. (Diego, F Melo, Arthur)
I Agree with you. I stil believe in Luiz skills and capabillity….but something just doesn’t click. some mental issue I guess.
Atalanta is great because of Gasperini.
He has the system. If the players shine in Gasperinis system, there is no guarantee they will do so in different teams.
Do not buy from Atalanta.
it make sense. I see only two solutions…either don’t buy from them or get Gasperini