THE PRESENTATION. At the New Balance Arena the press conference of the Macedonian player. Giuntoli: «Market? Watch out for opportunities but I won’t name names».
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«It all happened so fast that before arriving I didn’t have time to talk with Sarri nor with Raspadori, with whom I spent two seasons in Naples. But I am happy to be in a top club». Eljif Elmas introduces himself at Atalanta: «I thank the CEO Luca Percassi and the sporting director Cristiano Giuntoli, I am in a team with great players that just two years ago won the Europa League. We play on three fronts: we can do very well».
The Macedonian international on loan from RB Leipzig is aware of being a joker for various areas of the field. «I have played in many roles, I adapt. The important thing is to be ready and give my best – he explains -. In Leipzig another director arrived after my arrival and I didn’t have much space, but it is an experience that helped me in terms of maturity and mentality. It was difficult, but I leave it behind».
Also, about the Nerazzurri coach and the former teammate of a scudetto in Naples in 2023: «I already knew Sarri from the times he coached Napoli, Lazio and Chelsea. His is a possession football, very offensive. Giacomo, instead, has always spoken well to me about Atalanta since he came here. I am happy to have found him again and we hope to do well together: Atalanta’s fans are passionate and very warm, an extra weapon for us».
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Elmas is not on the UEFA list and therefore will not be there on Thursday in Miskolc for the Conference League playoff return: «I’m sorry I can’t be part of the match against Hapoel Tel Aviv, I will cheer for my teammates»
Giuntoli: « I don’t feel like naming names»
«There is one week left until the end of the transfer market, but I don’t feel like naming names. I prefer to talk about Atalanta which is going through a laborious period and comes from an important league debut». The Nerazzurri sporting director Cristiano Giuntoli neither confirms nor denies the persistent rumors about Jonathan Rowe from Bologna or the alternative Noa Lang from Napoli, the winger who would close the club’s operations.
«We have always said that we are always watchful for opportunities. And I do not deny the interest in our boys, even if so far there is no offer. If they arrive, we will evaluate them», reiterates the Atalanta market man, about Chelsea’s interest in defender Honest Ahanor. «I summarize what has been done so far on the market, because I care. Sarri, Gaetano, Kristensen instead of Djimsiti going out and the Elmas opportunity. Eljif, who is in the full bloom of his football maturity – Giuntoli concludes -. He can give a lot concretely to the type of play of the coach, from midfield to the high flanks. We are always attentive to opportunities and we have been ready. He has almost two hundred appearances in Serie A and almost 60 between Champions and Europa League».
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