The Atalanta Courier
Market12 Jun 2028
Matija Frigan is a Atalanta player
The fee is $14.5M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Parma drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Market12 Jun 2028
Atalanta turn down Burnley for Gianluca Scamacca
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad12 Jun 2028
Honest Ahanor: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Atalanta have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market12 Jun 2028
Lyam Hodiamont moves on
Cremonese pay $2.4M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Market12 Jun 2028
Gianluca Scamacca wants more than Atalanta are offering
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Squad12 Jun 2028
Samuel Giovane stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Samuel Giovane and Atalanta agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
In brief
- Squad Thijs Dallinga gets it from the manager
- Squad International call for El Bilal Touré
- The terraces The spotlight tightens on Matija Frigan