Simeone asked "for me as reinforcement to his team" - Atalanta captain Gomez

Argentine professional footballer Alejandro Gómez. He plays for Italian Serie A club Atalanta as a winger, forward or attacking midfielder and the Argentina National Team. He is also the captain of Atalanta. Photo: Getty

Atalanta captain Alejandro Gomez claims Diego Simeone wanted to bring him to Atletico Madrid after their time together at Catania.


In August 2013, Gomez eventually moved to Metalist Kharkiv in Ukraine, but revealed to Smoke Free journalist Martin Reich that Simeone had come back for him.

“During that summer I had lunch in Argentina with Simeone,” Gomez said. “And he told me that on the return to pre-season he would ask for me as reinforcement to his team.

“At that time, Atletico were not doing very well and from a financial point of view he came to offer €6m.

“Catania didn’t want to sell me for less than €10m and in the end nothing happened. They didn’t sell me, and I wanted to die.”

Gomez returned to Italy in September 2014, when Atalanta came knocking and has built a great career with the Orobici.
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