With a first-ever European trophy looking pretty in the cabinet at Stadio di Bergamo, our fifth season in Atalanta looked to be one of further strengthening and offering additional experience to even more exciting youngsters. The summer of 2022 saw more sales add to the Atalanta coffers, including our two oldest players departing the club.... Continue Reading →
Atalanta Avventura | Part 10: Euro Success
At the mid-way point of the 2021/22 campaign the young Atalanta squad were sitting nicely in third position, albeit a fair way behind runaway leaders Inter Milan who were still unbeaten. However, we had been knocked out of the Champions League, which meant spending the second half of the season in the Euro Cup. January... Continue Reading →
Atalanta Avventura | Part 9: Blooding the Youth
We came into the fourth season with Atalanta having broken the club's record league finish in the previous two campaigns - finishing third in 2019/20 and second in 2021/22. So prospects of improvement in 2021/22 were unlikely - especially as rivals Inter Milan and Juventus spent £229 million and £65 million respectively. We, in comparison,... Continue Reading →
Atalanta Avventura | Part 7: Rewriting History
Mid-way through the 2020/21 campaign we found ourselves once again exceeding expectations, sitting nicely in the top four and with a decent chance of challenging the mighty Inter Milan, AS Roma and Juventus for the Serie A title.
Atalanta Avventura | Part 5: Best-Ever Finish
The summer of 2019 saw plenty of change in Bergamo, with more than 50 players departing the club and a decent handful coming in. With that in mind, and given the fact that most the new arrivals were youth prospects, I wasn't expecting much. However, I've somehow managed to build an Atalanta team that is... Continue Reading →
Atalanta Avventura | Part 2: European Ventures
The 2018/19 season began very early indeed for the Atalanta boys, but set us up for a decent start to Serie A
