Previous Atalanta participant Joakim Maehle hits out at head coach Gian Piero Gasperini, expressing there was ‘no freedom’ at the Serie A side – and reveals he was banned from DRIVING with £72m Guy United starlet Rasmus Hojlund
The defender booked a move from Bergamo to Bundesliga outfit Wolfsburg Hojlund also moved on, starting to be the window’s most expensive Serie A player Listen to the most current episode of Mail Sport’s podcast It can be All Kicking Off
Ex-Atalanta player Joakim Maehle strike out at his former coach Gian Piero Gasperini and his deficiency of ‘freedom’ at the Serie A aspect just after securing a long lasting transfer to Bundesliga outfit Wolfsburg.
The 26-yr-aged decried the ‘super tough’ mental setting reportedly overseen by the Italian manager, who has taken cost in Bergamo considering the fact that 2016.
Talking forward of Denmark’s 2024 Euro qualifier from San Marino on Thursday, the Danish full-again was outspoken about his motivation to leave the club all through the summer’s transfer window.
Together with Maehle, the Lombardy club also waved goodbye to increasing starlet Rasmus Hojlund, who joined Manchester United for £72million to turn into Serie A’s most costly player for the duration of the window.
As per Maehle’s retelling, claimed by Danish web page tipsbladet.dk, Hojlund also uncovered himself in Gasperini’s firing line although at the club.
Joakim Maehle (remaining) decried head coach Gian Piero Gasperini’s rigorous training atmosphere following leaving Atalanta for Wolfsburg this summer time
The Italian manager has been at the helm of the Lombardy-centered club for about 7 a long time
Maehle (remaining) has played underneath the supervisor because his December 2020 move from Genk
‘The coach made the decision every thing. And there was not genuinely any flexibility,’ Maehle advised reporters when questioned about his time at Atalanta. ‘Event while I lived in a great location and the weather conditions was fantastic, I did not have time to delight in it simply because we spent so many days and several hours at the instruction ground.
‘It was super tricky mentally. Even if you performed a excellent match at the weekend, and the next 1 you failed to play too very well for 20 minutes, you would go to the back again of the queue yet again.
‘There was not the continuity you see in other areas. Mentally, I could truly feel that I genuinely required a alter.’
Maehle is claimed to have smiled when one particular journalist asked if getting at the club felt like ‘a prison’, introducing: ‘You are stating it.’
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Of Gasperini, he reported: ‘He seriously determined anything. In some cases, when we experienced a double coaching session, he claimed we should keep and sleep at the education facility, so we had been not permitted to go back home.
‘You never truly feel like a person. You feel like a variety. You have no partnership with the mentor. He would stand there and blame somebody for anything bizarre.
‘For instance, he was furious when Rasmus (Hojlund) and I came to teaching by auto alongside one another.
‘He failed to want us to generate jointly. Due to the fact then we could sit and converse alongside one another on the way to teaching, and enjoy ourselves. He did not want that, and I received scolded even if it had been agreed with the club since he (Hojlund) had no driver.
‘I you should not know if it is really typical Italians,’ Maehle continued. ‘But some factors make you offended and drained in the long operate.’
On his new club, Maehle shared: ‘I was one of numerous at Atalanta, at Wolfsburg, I experience a portion of the venture – and the dressing place is amusing.’
Mail Sport has reached out to Atalanta for comment.
Rasmus Hojlund also remaining Bergamo this summer, becoming Serie A’s most high priced player for the duration of the window with his £72m go to Person United
Prior to his departure for Wolfsburg, Maehle had performed for Atalanta for two and a 50 percent many years, right after becoming a member of the club in December 2020 from Genk.
In the course of his time in Bergamo, Maehle scored 6 times, registering 7 further assists, in 96 appearances throughout all competitions.
Hojlund created his 1st appearance for his new club throughout Gentleman United’s defeat to a smash-and-seize Arsenal side on Sunday, which saw Erik ten Hag’s side get rid of 3-1 at the very last courtesy of damage-time plans from Declan Rice and Gabriel Jesus.
The Danish striker arrived on in the 67th minute to exchange Anthony Martial, as component of his gradual get started to daily life in Manchester as he recovers from a lingering again personal injury.
