According to Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport, Juventus and Atalanta have reached an agreement on the transfer fee for Dutch midfielder Teun Koopmeiners. However, Atalanta has requested Juventus to wait a while, waiting to sign a replacement player before letting go of the transfer.
For some time, Juventus has been pursuing Koopmeiners, and after tough negotiations, the two sides reached an agreement on a transfer fee of €55 million. As a significant event, the player will not participate in Atalanta’s European Super Cup match against Real Madrid tonight.
“Koopmeiners is very disappointed that he cannot participate in this match,” Atalanta manager Gian Piero Gasperini said in a televised interview: “He is the real victim of this situation. I’m very sad, I can’t convince him not to be affected by those transfer market issues. He’s still a good kid, we like him very much, he’s the one who helped us get there (to the European Super Cup).”
La Gazzetta dello Sport pointed out that with Atalanta and Juventus reaching an agreement on the transfer fee, the only obstacle left for the deal to go through is that Atalanta wants to sign a replacement for the Dutch midfielder before letting their star player go. Currently, Atalanta is close to signing 24-year-old Italian midfielder Marco Brescianini from Frosinone, and at the same time, the “Nerazzurri” are also hoping to sign Scottish Celtic midfielder Matt O’Riley. Once the 23-year-old Danish international joins the Bergamo team, Koopmeiners will complete his transfer to Juventus.
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