Atalanta’s CEO Luca Percassi has revealed that he is planning to speak with AC Milan about the future of Charles De Ketelaere after his season on loan there.
The Belgian forward was sent on loan to Atalanta by Milan after a difficult first season in Italy, but that move is expected to be made permanent given he has had such a great campaign with La Dea, with 14 goals and 11 assists to his name across all competitions in 50 games.
De Ketelaere also lifted some silverware given that Atalanta won the Europa League late last month after producing a stunning display to beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 in Dublin, with Ademola Lookman getting all three goals.
Fabrizio Romano spoke about the situation related to De Ketelaere recently and confirmed that Atalanta will use their €23m buy option, while there are €4m in add-ons too.
Percatti spoke at the ‘La notte della C’ event in Milano last night and he was asked about what the future holds for De Ketelaere, with his comments relayed by Calciomercato.com.
“We finished our season yesterday, in the next few days we will meet with Milan. We will have the opportunity to talk and pick up the story from where we started with them in the relationship, knowing what Atalanta did in these months and what Charles has done very well,” he said.
On our Substack, we have explained what CDK’s move means financially with regards to the accounts and the 2024 summer mercato budget.