Gian Piero Gasperini has confirmed his departure from Atalanta, as stories counsel he has agreed to affix their Serie A rivals Roma.
Gasperini took the reins in Bergamo in 2016, having had two spells with each Genoa and Palermo, round an underwhelming stint at Inter.
Having completed thirteenth in Serie A of their ultimate season earlier than Gasperini arrived, Atalanta solely as soon as completed decrease than seventh in 9 campaigns beneath him.
They made the highest 4 – qualifying for the Champions League – on six events, ending third for the third time beneath him in 2024-25.
Gasperini additionally oversaw a well-known Europa League ultimate victory in opposition to Bayer Leverkusen final yr, with Ademola Lookman’s hat-trick guiding them to a 3-0 win over a workforce that was beforehand unbeaten throughout all competitions that season.
In all competitions, Gasperini oversaw 439 video games with Atalanta, successful 228, drawing 102 and shedding 109 for a 51.9% win charge. They scored 852 objectives in these matches whereas conceding 513.
Gasperini’s exit doesn’t come as a shock, as he said again in February that he wouldn’t renew his contract, which was on account of expire in June.
“It wasn’t doable to specific this earlier than; solely in the previous couple of hours have I actually determined to place an finish to this glorious nine-year-long story. However let’s not say goodbye, I don’t like that,” he advised Atalanta followers through the Italian newspaper l’Eco di Bergamo.
“We’ve managed to attain some unquestionably extraordinary outcomes. I might have appreciated to do extra. I didn’t succeed, however we nonetheless celebrated rather a lot collectively, and I’m positive you’ll do it once more.”
Atalanta’s Europa League success final yr was simply the second main trophy of their historical past, after they lifted the Coppa Italia in 1963.
La Dea misplaced three Coppa Italia finals beneath Gasperini, taking place to Lazio within the 2019 showpiece and shedding to Juventus in each 2021 and 2024.
Gasperini is unlikely to be out of a job for lengthy, as Italian media stories counsel he’s set to affix Roma, with Claudio Ranieri retiring from teaching and transferring into an upstairs function.
Roma had beforehand been linked with Jurgen Klopp and Erik ten Hag, having come to the top of Ranieri’s third stint in cost.
Ranieri boasts a 59% win charge accountable for the Giallorossi in Serie A (58/99), with Luciano Spalletti the one different everlasting coach to match that ratio of their top-flight historical past.
