He won, but he’s leaving. De Zerbi says goodbye after complicated months and a finale that smacks of revenge. An Italian thinks about it, but it’s not the one everyone imagined. From Marseille to the next project: anything can still happen
De Zerbi vince e saluta: c’è un’italiana, ma non è il Milan (LaPresse) – serieanews.com
Great satisfaction amidst the storm. Roberto De Zerbi has taken Marseille back into the Champions League, ending a season that seemed straight out of a movie: blazing start, eye-rolling play, then total blackout. Now, game over. The end and that’s it.
Not least because the situation at Marseille is not so idyllic. The environment first loved him then took to criticizing him, the relationship with the team seemed devastated although the party at the end of the game would now say otherwise, even with the management there was more than one rift. The feeling is that we are moving toward a consensual separation. Inevitable decision, even fair if you will.
Therefore, with Champions qualification in the bag, De Zerbi can return free to the market. The ideal scenario, at least in theory. But this turbulent period has left some scratches: his appeal is no longer what it was six months ago. Partly because of the up-and-down season, partly because certain character asperities are beginning to weigh even in the eyes of clubs that had thought of him.
Milan, for example. There has been much, much talk about it. But by now it’s heading in a different direction: Conceiçao should stay. Then De Zerbi comes out of the picture. A big question mark also remains over Roma, at least for now. Because in Trigoria everything is at a standstill until it is clear whether there will be Europe next year or not. And before getting a coach, answers are needed.
De Zerbi idea per l’Atalanta: è il nome giusto per rilanciare
Those who could really get serious, however, are Atalanta. For there it is coming to the end of a cycle. Gasperini’s contract expires in 2026, but the feelings say otherwise. That the relationship has soured. That we no longer look at each other as we did before. And that perhaps the time has come to say goodbye.
De Zerbi idea per l’Atalanta: è il nome giusto per rilanciare (LaPresse) – serieanews.com
If so, De Zerbi is the right name. One who is not afraid to start with an idea, work on it, make it grow. In Bergamo, they know how to do these things. It takes time, patience, but above all someone with a clear vision. Someone like him. Or, alternatively, like Thiago Motta, who is another one who works with the project in his head.
But first we need to see what Gasperini will do. If you stay together or say goodbye. Then, only then, will one think about the aftermath. And there, at that time, De Zerbi’s name might become more than an idea again. A new story to be written, perhaps where they can wait. But in the meantime, he ended with a Champions in Marseille. And that is no small feat.
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