The Atalanta coach, Gian Piero Gasperiniin his press conference on the eve of the Italian Cup final against Juventus, also spoke about the future of his team and how replicable the model he created in his years at the helm of the Dea is: “It’s not easy but it’s certainly replicable We have given trust and hope to teams that are not top tier and do not have as large an income as other teams. With the ideas and the ability that the company had to make incredible capital gains, and then reinvesting in other players by creating equally strong teams, we have managed to continually improve. This has been the secret of this Atalanta in recent years.
This model can be replicated: it’s not easy, but it’s the only way for companies with our numbers to be competitive. Every year you have to reinvent yourself and find resources. Clearly it is important to go to the Champions League, this has unquestionably been an advantage in recent years, together with the ability to sell. You can then make very few mistakes, because if you don’t strengthen the team and don’t make the right investments it’s difficult to recover. If we reach the Champions League there will be margins this year, because we have important young players.
Carnesecchi, Scalvini and Ruggeri have grown a lot and are products of the nursery. Then there are Ederson, Koopmeiners who have incredible value and the forwards have given great value to the team. If they realize and work as a team we can do well. The essence of Atalanta is this, we have no resources regardless, you have to create them. If we have reached this point it means that even those who don’t have certain numbers can dream and can compete and achieve great goals.”