AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE. The midfielder arrived from Cagliari: «I am settling in well, Sarri asks me for balance and to stay high».
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Reading 1 min.Presentation day at Atalanta. In Zingonia, at the press conference, spoke the new signing Gianluca Gaetano. With him the sporting director Cristiano Giuntoli, who gave an update on the Nerazzurri transfer market.
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«I take the opportunity to say a few words», said Giuntoli. «Atalanta is an incredible, extraordinary project. From outside I was very fascinated by the way of playing football, the connection with the territory. From inside I found a situation better than I could have imagined, available and capable people. We have changed the way of thinking in a short time: many new managers, trainers. A hard job, but I found great availability. We started recently, also because of the World Cup, and we are making many evaluations. We are very happy with the players we have».
«We know where we want to go»
«We chose Sarri – Giuntoli continued – a strong, capable, winning, credible coach. And the ownership was immediately close to us, taking him away from an important rival. We started from him, the first big signing. Then we “bought back” Ederson, one of the strongest midfielders in Europe, thanks to the boy and the ownership we managed to keep him. We bought Gaetano, a promising young Italian, an extraordinary talent. Kristensen is in the process of being finalized. We continue a virtuous path, which will need time, but we know where we want to go and we will get there. But it is a path and not an event, it will be made of many small bricks, as happened in the past. The open-door training at the stadium was incredible, so with Luca Percassi we thought of opening the doors of Zingonia, with a first event next week, but we will also do others coordinating with the sports side».
Gaetano: «The right instructions from Sarri»
Then the first Nerazzurri statements from Gianluca Gaetano: «The coach immediately gave me the right instructions, he is very good at making you understand his working method. He asks me to be balanced and compact, in a very tight team». The moment is one of great change: «My teammates immediately made themselves available, they welcomed me greatly. Arriving here I immediately saw the sports center, extraordinary».
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Gaetano had already worked with Sarri, very young, at Napoli: «I see a strong coach, who likes to give rhythm to the ball, to the team. I feel the responsibility, but I think I have to stay calm, doing what I did before. New teammates and new coach, there is some difficulty, but we are blending well. I think about the National team, it is a goal. But first you need to work well with the club: if then a call comes it is something very beautiful».
«An incredible quality in the squad»
About the teammates: «We have a squad of incredible quality, for me it is an honor and a stimulus, to learn something more from Ederson, Samardzic, Pasalic. They are extraordinary players. We have to keep working, it will take a couple of months to really be well together».
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About the Conference League playoffs and the return to Europe: «They will be two important matches, immediately do or die. We will be ready. A wonderful emotion to find the European cups again».
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