Atalanta have confirmed the signing of Nicolò Zaniolo from Galatasaray.
Italy worldwide Zaniolo has joined Atalanta on mortgage with an possibility to purchase from Galatasaray, La Dea confirmed on Friday.
“Atalanta BC are glad to announce the signing, on mortgage till June 30 2025 with a buy-out possibility and an obligation to make the switch everlasting underneath sure situations, of footballer Nicolò Zaniolo from Galatasaray SK,” the most recent Europa League winners mentioned in a press release.
“To date the 25-year-old ahead has already accrued: 94 Serie A appearances (scoring 13 objectives and offering 10 assists), 25 Premier League matches (netting 2 objectives), 10 Süper Lig caps (bagging 5 objectives), 8 Champions League video games (scoring 2 objectives), 10 Europa League matchups (3 objectives and 4 assists) and 22 Convention League fixtures (with 7 objectives and three key passes to his title), to which including the two nets scored in 19 appearances for Italy’s senior staff.
“Born in Massa on July 2 1999, he moved his first footballing steps on the Maria Rosa in Salerno, a Salernitana Calcio-affiliated soccer college, the place his father Igor, a former skilled striker, used to play on the time. Then he went on to don the Academy shirts of the likes of Canaletto, Spezia, Genoa, Fiorentina and Virtus Entella, with whom he made his skilled debut at barely 17 and the place he performed 7 Serie B video games.
“In the summertime of 2017, he moved to Inter, the place he imposed himself as the primary determine of the Primavera staff taking part in a key half within the victory of the Underneath-19s championship with 13 objectives to his title whereas additionally shining within the UEFA Youth League. He then joined Roma, spending four-and-a-half-seasons on the Capitol membership.
“In his maiden season as a Giallorosso (2018-2019), Zaniolo gained the title for finest Lega Serie A teen and, due to his brace scored towards Porto within the quarter-finals first leg, turned the youngest Italian footballer within the historical past of the Membership to have bagged a a number of scoring in a European knockout recreation.
“The 2021-2022 marketing campaign noticed Zaniolo hogging the highlight in Roma’s UEFA Convention League triumph with 5 objectives to his title, together with the decider scored within the closing towards Feyenoord.
“128 video games, 24 objectives and 18 assists in all competitions for the Capitol staff later, Zaniolo joined Turkish outfit Galatasaray in February 2024, lifting the Turkish title on the finish of the season and scoring 5 objectives in 10 video games.
“In the summertime of 2023, Galatasaray loaned Zaniolo out to Aston Villa, with whom he performed 39 video games and scored 3 objectives in all competitions, reaching the UEFA Convention League semis within the course of.
“Zaniolo reached vital private milestones additionally with the Italian Nationwide staff(s): after gathering quite a few appearances throughout the Underneath sides and the Underneath-19s Euro runner-up honours in 2018, former caretaker Roberto Mancini shortlisted him in September, even previous to his Serie A debut. Nicolò ultimately made his Senior debut on March 23 2019 within the Euro Qualifier 2-0 victory over Finland.
“On November 18 2019 Zaniolo scored his first objectives for the Azzurri, bagging a brace within the 9-1 win over Armenia, thus changing into Roma’s youngest Worldwide scorer aged 20 years and 139 days.
“The Percassi and Pagliuca households and the entire Membership want to lengthen a heat welcome to Nicolò Zaniolo and need him the very best of luck in his future private and staff endeavours as a Nerazzurro.”
Zaniolo spent the final season on mortgage at Aston Villa however solely scored one objective in 39 appearances with the Birmingham-based membership.
Zaniolo has 13 objectives and 10 assists in 94 Serie A appearances with Roma.
He additionally performed for Inter and Fiorentina however didn’t make his senior debut with both membership.
The 25-year-old was anticipated to be a part of Luciano Spalletti’s Italy squad at EURO 2024, however an ankle harm compelled him to the sidelines just a few weeks earlier than the beginning of the event.
Zaniolo has scored two objectives in 19 appearances with the Azzurri and has performed six matches underneath Spalletti.
The previous Roma star underwent medical exams with La Dea on Thursday.
In line with Sky Sport Italia, Atalanta paid €3.5m for a one-season mortgage and might make his transfer everlasting subsequent 12 months for €16m plus €2.5m add-ons.
