“Atalanta BC is pleased to announce that it has acquired from Galatasaray SK – on a temporary basis until June 30, 2025, with an option right and obligation to acquire definitively if certain conditions are met – the sporting performances of the footballer Nicolò Zaniolo”. With this note, a few minutes ago, Atalanta announced the return to Italy of Nicholas Zanioloa player who arrives from Galatasaray after last season’s loan at Aston Villa.
After a negotiation that lasted a few weeks and a close head-to-head with Fiorentina, the Goddess won the race and secured the former Roma player on loan with the option to buy that can become an obligation upon reaching certain conditions. Translated, games played, individual statistics and team objectives. The figures are those that we told you in recent days during the final stages of the negotiation with the Turkish club: initial onerous loan of 3 million euros, option to buy (which can indeed become an obligation) for an additional 16 million plus an additional 3 million in bonuses. For a total that, for the Goddess, could cost 22 million euros.
“A great move by Atalanta, an interesting player who can complete himself and become great”, said the former Azzurri coach in the last few hours Cesar Prandelli talking about the deal concluded by Atalanta.