The Atalanta Courier
Transfer targets21 Aug 2028
Door shut on Santiago Castro
Atalanta asked and Real Sociedad said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Transfer targets21 Aug 2028
Petar Ratkov due for a Atalanta medical
Everything agreed with Lazio, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Market21 Aug 2028
Terms done: Giorgio Cittadini is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Mirandés waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Atalanta is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Market21 Aug 2028
Daniel Maldini attracts admirers
The name of Daniel Maldini has come up in conversations Atalanta were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Market21 Aug 2028
Oier Zarraga hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Atalanta can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
6 academy graduates step up at Atalanta
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Market21 Aug 2028
Matteo Testa steps up from the Atalanta academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Matteo Testa has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Tempers go at Atalanta
Pontus Almqvist was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Loan watch21 Aug 2028
Giuseppe Mungari wants to come home
“I did not go to Perugia to sit and watch. I want to come back to Atalanta and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.
In brief
- The dugout Jens Petter Hauge has become a man the manager trusts
- Squad Words at Atalanta training over how hard people work
- The dugout Ibrahim Sulemana asks for a word with the manager