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Bombshell in Italy: Inter and Atalanta seek to close the ‘transfer of the month’


The two Italian clubs urgently need to strengthen their midfield, ahead of the second half of the season, in which both will fight for the ‘scudetto’ of Serie A with Milan and Juventus


He winter transfer market in Europe he’s pretty calm. Between high salaries, empty coffers and restrictions due to the pandemic, there are many obstacles together. Even so, in Italy the directives of the Inter Milan and Atalanta They are close to closing what will easily be the most important transfer this month, at least in Serie A.

Christian Eriksen and Alejandro ‘Papu’ Gómez need to change clubs

Those involved are Christian Eriksen and Alejandro ‘Papu’ Gómez, two talented footballers that they need to leave their current club due to differences with their respective coach. In the case of the Danish, it has never been in the plans of coach Antonio Conte and therefore has spent almost the entire season sitting on the substitute bench.

The midfielder who shone in the Premier League with Tottenham arrived for more than 20 million euros and has no future at Inter. Although it sounded to reinforce the PSG of Mauricio Pochettino -his former coach in England-, the Corriere della Sera newspaper launched the bombing this Saturday of an exchange with the star of Atalanta, ‘Papu Gómez’.

The Argentine midfielder is at odds with his coach, Gian Piero Gasperini. The problem seems to have no solution, since it has not even been called up in recent dates and Atalanta continues to win. So, although the club’s board did not want to give it up to a direct rival, the inclusion of Eriksen in the negotiation to finish convincing them.

Eriksen does not count in Antonio Conte’s plans at Inter

So even though all parties seem to agree, there is an obstacle to solve first: the huge salary difference. The Dane earns 7.5 million euros plus bonuses, while the Argentine receives just 2.5 million. This is a very important imbalance, as reported in the newspaper AS.

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