According to Italian media reports, Atalanta and Premier League promoted Nottingham Forest have agreed on a transfer fee of 12 million euros including bonus payments. FC Winterthur, the Freulers training club, also gets a small share of this. FC Luzern also participates in the transfer. When asked by Blick, those responsible did not want to say how much goes into the coffers of central Switzerland. The FCL will not make the big bargaining chip. Freuler moved to what was then Serie A midfield club in January 2016 following two and a half seasons.
Now the Zurich Oberlander is moving on. In the East Midlands, Freuler joins a club with a glorious past. In 1978, the Reds won their only championship title under the legendary Brian Clough. In 1979 and 1980 triumphs in the championship cup followed. In spring, the oldest football club in the world returned to the Premier League following 23 years. And the Greek owner Evangelos Marinakis has big plans: Freuler is already the 13th newcomer this summer. The start, however, went flutes. In Newcastle it put off a 0-2 defeat.
Change with announcement
The Freulers transfer is one that is announced, even if he only extended the contract with Atalanta until 2025 at the end of last year. He feels very comfortable in Bergamo, he said in June in the circle of the national team. «The trappings are right. But football is a day-to-day business, so things can happen quickly.” However, the tug-of-war over the midfielder was not quick in the end. The transfer dragged on for days. Now the midfielder traveled to the island for a medical check.
A good three months before the start of the World Cup in Qatar, the change for Freuler also entails a certain risk. At Atalanta he was undisputed and rose to regular and vice-captain under coach Gian Piero Gasparini. With the strong midfielder, Atalanta became a top team in Serie A, finishing third three times in a row. The highlight followed in 2020: qualifying for the Champions League quarter-finals. More was not possible, Bergamo recently missed the European places. This is another reason why Freuler is looking for a new challenge following six and a half years in Lombardy.
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