Gasperini liquidates Papu: “He did not adapt”

Without the commitment of the Champions, the Atalanta has once again been the steamroller of recent years. The 1-4 in Bergamo represents the fourth win in the last five days for the Nerazzurri, who await the next matches this weekend, They are fourth, six points behind Milan's lead. Today's It was the fifth game in a row without Papu Gómez lined up, and the results (four wins and one draw, with 18 goals scored) show that the team can now do without him.

The Argentine is still looking for a team in the January market and Gasperini, this afternoon, explained why the break was reached with the most decisive player in recent years: “With him we live great moments, we pushed him away because I was looking for another type of equipment and at that time we were suffering“According to the coach,”the reason was only technical, the midfield suffered and it was necessary to help De Roon and Freuler more“. The 'Papu', then, would not have liked the change:”It's one thing we always did, but he no longer accepted it. Has not adapted“Gasperini said. Gómez's goodbye, who since 2014 added 252 presences, 59 goals and 71 assists with Atalanta, is only a matter of time.