Atalanta does not necessarily have to sell Koopmeiners. Net of the zero offers received at the moment, the Nerazzurri are collecting a decent nest egg from other sales. Because if it is true that 22 million were invested for the redemption of De Ketelaere, 9 for Godfrey and 3 for the arrival of Zaniolo, on the other hand Sulemana was practically not paid – if not very little – thanks to the counterparts Zortea, on a permanent basis, Piccoli on loan and Adopo.
Then there is Okoli, 14 million euros plus bonuses. Sold to Leicester after a season with some ups and downs at Frosinone, relegated. Then Cambiaghi’s eleven million. In the total calculation, “only” five million were invested. Then there is the Miranchuk issue – who would like to stay – which could bring another twelve million, bringing the balance even into the black. The reality is that Atalanta is maintaining its balance sheet well thanks to its youth sector, the one snubbed by owner clubs (like Lazio or Napoli, incapable of regularly producing players to sell for dry capital gains), and therefore does not need to sell the big names: like Koopmeiners or Ederson, in short.
Koopmeiners, however, is not pushing to leave. Because he can play for the Champions League, plus other various trophies. Of course, if an offer arrived it would be evaluated, but the possibility, not so remote, is that it would not be taken into consideration for a technical and not economic question. It is a Copernican revolution: to be clear, if there was a Romero in the squad, Tottenham’s 55 million from a few seasons ago probably wouldn’t be enough.