The extra man who could help turn the Nerazzurri’s destiny upside down. The player capable of breaking down double, often triple, defenses. But above all a midfielder courted by many, but who arrived in Bergamo to embrace a project and make a difference: the lunch match against Udinese, his former team, it could be yet another springboard for Lazar Samardzicalready part of the mechanisms of an Atalanta team that has managed to surprise everyone since the start of the season.
Motivations
“When sporting director D’Amico called me, I knew I wanted to come here. I had no hesitations because Atalanta is a team in which many players really manage to develop their potential. I had high expectations about what Gasperini would ask of me and the team, and I have to say that he satisfied them all. I really like his mentality: he always insists on one concept, which is to bring the ball to the attackers and face the game with serenity.” the Serbian declared to Cronache di Spogliatoio.
Words that convey a fairly clear concept, namely that of a Samardzic eager to turn the page, to raise the bar and embrace the project of a team capable of constant improvement.
Summer blitz
Close to Inter – a deal that later fell through due to a lack of agreement between the clubs – and courted by Napoli (everything blocked due to a “misunderstanding”, as later explained by the Bianconeri president), Samardzic chose to remain in Friuli until to last summer when Atalanta, after putting around 25 million euros on the table, convinced the Serbian. The rest is already history, with the two goals in Bologna and Monza: the championship has only just started, but there are already those who have adapted in the best way to the Nerazzurri reality.