Gasperini confirms Atalanta exit amid Roma links

Manager Gian Piero Gasperini confirmed his departure from Serie A broadside Atalanta with an affectional connection to supporters connected Saturday.

Gasperini's exit did not travel arsenic a surprise, arsenic helium stated backmost successful February that helium would not renew his contract, which is acceptable to expire successful June.

Italian media reported that Gasperini is acceptable to instrumentality implicit arsenic manager of AS Roma pursuing Claudio Ranieri's retirement.

"It wasn't imaginable to explicit this before, lone successful the past fewer hours person I truly decided to enactment an extremity to this fantastic nine-year-long story. But let's not accidental goodbye, I don't similar that," helium told Atalanta fans via the Italian paper l'Eco di Bergamo.

The 67-year-old Gasperini has turned the Bergamo nine into a regular beingness among the Serie A leaders successful caller seasons, and helium led them to the Europa League rubric successful 2024.

"We've managed to execute immoderate unquestionably bonzer results. I would person liked to bash more, I didn't succeed, but we inactive celebrated a batch unneurotic and I'm definite you volition bash it again," helium added.