Muriel or Duván, “one of the two is destined to leave”

Atalanta’s first friendly thinking about the second part of the season ended tied at two, with a defeat on penalties against Rafael Santos Borré’s Eintracht Frankfurt, well the Bortolotti Trophy was at stake at the Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo.

The goals of the Italian club were scored by Ademola Lookman and Rasmus Hojlund, the duo that consolidates in the attack front, relegating Luis Fernando Muriel and Duván Zapata, who entered the complementary stage, but they couldn’t make a difference. On penalties, Duván scored, while Muriel appeared fifth on the list, but was left without a kick because Borré made it 5-3 in favor of the German team.

The injuries suffered in the first part of the campaign and the level of the Nigerian and the Danish have affected the leadership of the Colombians, to the point that their names appear in the rumors of the winter transfer market with the possibility of leaving for another club.

The continuity of Duván and Muriel is in the air

“Impossible for the Percassi to do without the two Colombians over 30 in January, but I’m sure one of us is destined to leave”, points out an article in Calciomercato.comin which it is mentioned that Jeremie Boga has disappointed and is another offensive player with the possibility of leaving.

This medium adds that Muriel is the one that receives the most attention in the market, since Turkey could be his next destination, since contacts between his agent and Fenerbahce executives are advancing, but Galatasaray is also in the bid for the striker for whom Atalanta is asking 15 million euros. Duván’s exit seems more difficultwhich is still in the Newcastle folder, but which has just been renewed until 2025.

This Friday, December 16, will be the next friendly of Atalanta versus Nice Thinking about the resumption of activity in Italian football that will be at the beginning of January when he visits La Spezia in Serie A, in which he is sixth with 27 points, 14 behind leader Napoli.