“If the Atalanta is The Dea (the goddess) of Bergamo, Antonio Percassi is Il Re (the king). “A local sports journalist draws an analogy that dispels any doubt. Gasperini He has revolutionized Italian football with this Atalanta, but the very high horsepower engine is put by Percassi, the owner of the Bergamo club. Percassi was born in Clusone, he dreamed of playing for Atalanta and when he succeeded and the club transferred him to Cesena At just 23 years old, he dreamed of being a billionaire. Today it is. With a capital valued at 1,200 million euros, his emporium was started in alliance with Luciano Benetton, and now it is based on creating successful companies (KIKO) and lead the success of others to Italy. It is the introducer of Zara, Nike Y Starbucks in The boot. He has a sharp eye and good football taste. When Gasperini got on target, he signed him with so much faith that he didn't care if he lost four of his first five games. As revealed L'Eco di BergamoHe went down to the locker room … but with a message for the squad: “Gasperini is untouchable, so you'll see what you do.” The more you look at it from the outside, the more features similar to Santiago Bernabeu appear. From club footballer to visionary top leader with an obsession, a new stadium, as the axis of the future. The one in Percassi will see the light of day at the end of this year. A total remodeling of the old enclosure, with an increase in localities (up to 24,000) and all possible advances. Like Madrid, it also pampers the quarry. There are the € 10M he spent on making Zingonia one of the Academies most advanced in Italy. “For us, playing against a team that has thirteen European Cups is like going to university,” he said admiringly this week. In the stands of Bergamo sometimes you see banners with the phrase 'A Modo Nostro', “our way”. Ways to live, he sang Log, and Percassi's is to want to take Atalanta to the sky of Europe at the expense of Madrid.