Atalanta and Inter aren’t close to coming to terms regarding the transfer of Ademola Lookman, but La Dea have started examining possible replacements, and they will attempt to bring Federico Chiesa ...
Atalanta and Inter aren’t close to coming to terms regarding the transfer of Ademola Lookman, but La Dea have started examining possible replacements, and they will attempt to bring Federico Chiesa back to Italy, Sportitalia informs.
Liverpool spent just €12M to sign him from Juventus, so the fee wouldn’t be an issue. On the other hand, his salary is much higher than the Orobici’s standards. They’d need help from the Reds, which might cover them up to 50 percent.
Atalanta aren’t the only ones tracking Chiesa, and their chase is contingent on whether and when the Lookman deal will come to fruition. The Scudetto runner-ups want to avoid a protracted saga, Alfredo Pedullà informs.
On the other hand, their opening €40M bid is insufficient. They’ll need to put on the table €45M plus €5M bonuses to get the Nigerian ace. According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, the two clubs had their first direct contact on Monday. The Orobici would rather sell their attacker to a foreign team disagree with his camp’s stance about his valuation. The player is ready to dig his heels in to move to Milan, though.
Our Take on Atalanta, Chiesa, Inter, and Lookman
It’d be a great career move for the former, but, part of the reason why so many Bergamaschi cornerstones eventually leave is that they have relatively low salaries. A beefy severance package would help just in the first season, so he’d have to make a sacrifice.
As for speedster, it might take a while, but it looks like he’ll leave, either toward San Siro or abroad. They’ll have to spend after getting a bonanza for him and Mateo Retegui, but they have a few talents already, like Kamaldeen Sulemana, Daniel Maldini, and Lazar Samardzic, and could decide to showcase them more.
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