THE CLUB’S STATEMENT. The Dutch midfielder leaves Bergamo after 445 appearances in nerazzurro. The club: «Thank you for the extraordinary contribution, commitment, and dedication».
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Reading 1 min.On the evening of Sunday, August 30, the official announcement came from Atalanta: Marten De Roon is no longer a player of the Bergamo team. «Atalanta BC announces having definitively transferred to AS Roma the rights to the sporting services of Marten de Roon» reads online on Atalanta’s website.
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«The 35-year-old Dutch midfielder leaves Atalanta after wearing the nerazzurro jersey 445 times, accompanying the team in its growth to the highest levels of Italian and European football, achieving milestones that will forever remain in the Club’s history» and adds: «The Percassi family, the Pagliuca family, and the entire nerazzurro Club sincerely thank Marten for his extraordinary contribution, for the commitment and dedication shown over these years, wishing him the best of luck for his future». The transfer should bring approximately one million euros into Atalanta’s coffers.
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Marten de Roon reached Rome already on Sunday: he arrived around 12:30 at Fiumicino airport, welcomed by Roma staff and some fans. In the afternoon, medical visits and contract signing. In yellow-red he will take the place of Neil El Aynaoui, destined for Leipzig.
The operation was finalized in the final moments of the transfer market: the Dutch midfielder, after ten years in nerazzurro, will reunite in the Capital with Gian Piero Gasperini, who coached him for a long time in Bergamo and strongly wanted him in yellow-red.
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