The final stretch of the season is still missing, but the rumors of the summer transfer market are already beginning to take hold, in which there are several Colombians involved. These are the cases of Atalanta’s scorers, Duván Zapata and Luis Fernando Muriel, who have aroused the interest of big clubs in Europe for their performance with the Bergamo club, both locally and internationally, reaching the quarter-finals and the eighth-finals in the team’s first two appearances in the Champions League.
Duván has sounded like an option for Chelsea’s attack in case the arrival of Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund does not occur and now versions about Inter’s interest in Muriel, to which Arrigo Sacchi referred, praising the Colombian and seeing Antonio Conte as the ideal coach to lead him.
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Atalanta would seek to retain the Colombians
However, the Bergamo club’s plans would be different. Calciomercato.com reported that the Atalanta leadership wants to retain the Colombian duo, understanding that they are fundamental pillars in the project commanded by Gian Piero Gasperini.
“Zapata and Muriel, for the Percassi boss, are untouchable, there is no Barcelona or Inter that is worth. Even the Nerazzurri in Bergamo have a project, in fact they have had it for 5 years, including the Champions League. It is unlikely that 25 million will be enough for the Colombian (Duván) hired until June 2023 with a salary of 1.8 million euros net per year. And Muriel does not think about being a substitute for Lukaku, “said the Italian media.
The article adds that who could get out of Atalanta from the forwards in Sam Lammers, who arrived for this season from PSV, but has had few minutes before the good performance of the Colombians.
Gasperini takes advantage of the postponement of days 5 and 6 of the South American Qualifiers to start with Duván and Muriel the preparation for the final stretch of the season, in which Atalanta will seek to qualify for the Champions League and will have the Italian Cup final against Juventus in mid-May.
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