Atalanta warn Juventus and Liverpool on Koopmeiners

Atalanta director Luca Percassi denies the model of occasions given by Juventus and Liverpool goal Teun Koopmeiners. ‘He by no means requested us to be bought.’

The midfielder is scorching property on the switch market and is broadly anticipated to make a transfer to one of many greatest golf equipment on the earth on the finish of this season.

Juve and Liverpool appear to be main the race and so they have been placed on excessive alert when the Dutchman informed De Telegraaf that he “knowledgeable Atalanta I need to make a switch subsequent summer time. I hope that some choices are put ahead that I can replicate on.

“I hope Atalanta get a very good sum for me. There was already concrete curiosity from Napoli final yr, however the golf equipment have been unable to succeed in an settlement.”

That got here as a shock to Atalanta and their basic supervisor Percassi, who gave a really totally different view on the scenario.

“This membership is strong and doesn’t have to promote,” he told L’Eco di Bergamo newspaper.

“Koopmeiners has not been bought to Juve, nor anybody else. In truth, he by no means requested us to be bought.”

The 26-year-old was signed from AZ Alkmaar for €14m in the summertime of 2021 and has gone from power to power in Bergamo.

He contributed 12 objectives and 4 assists in 34 aggressive appearances for Atalanta to date this season.

This all helped increase his asking worth to a minimum of €50m, particularly as he’s beneath contract till June 2027.