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"On its official website, Atalanta announced the transfer of AC Milan striker Charles de Ketelare, who had been playing for the team on loan.

The "Goddess" bought the contract of the 23-year-old Belgian for 22 million euros. The forward became one of the main creators of the Bergamo club's victory in the Europa League.

It will be recalled that in the summer of 2022, AC Milan bought de Ketelare from Brugge for 36.5 million euros.

The fate of Real Madrid's Ukrainian goalkeeper Andriy Lunin, whose contract with his club expires in a year, remains uncertain.

"Royal Club" offered the 25-year-old goalkeeper a new agreement, but accept it Lunin is not in a hurry to accept it, because he does not want to be satisfied with the role of understudy Thibaut Courtois, who returned after a long pause due to a serious injury, and in which the main goalkeeper sees Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti.

According to PlanetaRealmadrid, now the Ukrainian, despite interest in him from Arsenal London, is leaning towards the option of continuing his career at Juventus Turin, but he will decide on his future only after the end of Euro 2024, when he will consider all the options available at that time, including the possibility of signing a new contract with Real Madrid.

Former AC Milan forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who currently holds an unnamed position within the club, spoke about the Rossoneri's plans for the summer transfer window.

"Manny, Theo and Leao are staying. We don't need to sell anyone. It's no secret that we are looking for a striker, every day we receive thousands of calls from all over the world offering us players.

Paulo Fonseca will become the new coach of AC Milan. We have studied the situation in detail, he has all the criteria we need. The team will be much younger, and Fonseca has experience working with young people," Gianluca Di Marzio's website quoted Zlatan as saying.

Dynamo Kyiv forward Vladislav Vanat has attracted interest from another Italian league club.

According to Il Resto del Carlino, Bologna plans to strengthen its offensive line in the summer due to the departure of leading scorer Zirkze. It is known that the Italian club has turned its attention to the forward of the "white and blues" - Vanat.

Representatives of Bologna plan to attend the matches of the Ukrainian national team at Euro 2024 to see our player in action.

It will be recalled that last season, Vanat became the top scorer in the Ukrainian league, scoring 14 goals.

Atalanta's Brazilian midfielder Ederson has commented on rumors of interest from Liverpool.

"I am currently happy at Atalanta. My main focus is on the matches of the Brazilian national team. I like Serie A, but the Premier League impresses me.

My move to another club is only possible if Atalanta accepts an offer from other clubs. In this case, everything will depend on Atalanta," Ederson said in an interview with Diario.

Bologna striker Joshua Zirkze will join the camp of the Dutch national team, Voetbal International reports.

According to a source, the Dutch national team coach Ronald Koeman has urgently called up Joshua Zirkze to the national team's camp. It will be recalled that the Dutch national team was left by Thijn Kopmeijers, who was injured.

It will be recalled that the Dutch national team is in a group with France, Poland and Austria.

Former Valencia and AC Milan coach Gennaro Gattuso has officially become the head coach of Hajduk, the Croatian club's press service reports.

According to the source, the contract with Gattuso is valid until the summer of 2026. In two weeks, Gattuso will fly to Croatia to take part in the presentation. The Italian specialist will arrive at the Poljud Stadium. Everyone will be invited to the presentation.

It will be recalled that during his coaching career, Gennaro Gattuso led such teams as Sion, Palermo, OFI, Pisa, Milan, Napoli, Valencia and Marseille.

As the head coach of Napoli, Gennaro Gattuso managed to win the Italian Cup. This is currently the only trophy the 46-year-old has won.

Romanian coach Razvan Lucescu refused to leave Greek PAOK, although he had offers from Italy and Turkey.

According to Romanian media reports, Lucescu Jr. was recently in Rome, where he met and negotiated with the management of Cagliari. After this meeting, his father Mircea Lucescu gave an interview to Tuttomercatoweb, in which he said that Razvan would continue to work at PAOK because of the pressure from the fans.

- "My son was supposed to leave, but then the PAOK fans started to put a lot of pressure on him. They asked him to stay for the Champions League. He is still young. Who knows, maybe in the future... Did I try to convince him? No, I didn't. Because I'm sure it's better to play in the Champions League than to fight to avoid relegation," said Mircea Lucescu.

Razvan also turned down Turkish side Besiktas.

Lazio midfielder Luis Alberto will continue his career in Qatar's Al Duhail, according to the club's official website.

The Spanish midfielder's contract runs until 2027 with a salary of €8 million per year plus bonuses. The transfer fee will be 10 million euros plus bonuses, with Liverpool receiving 25% of the fee.

Portuguese specialist Paulo Fonseca has officially taken over at AC Milan.

According to the Italian club's press service, Milan and Fonseca signed a three-year agreement. In this position, the former Shakhtar coach will replace Pioli, who was fired earlier.

Last season, Fonseca was the head coach of French side Lille, which finished in 4th place in the Ligue 1 standings.

Aston Villa midfielder Douglas Luiz is close to joining Juventus Turin, according to football insider Fabrizio Romano.

According to the source, Juventus is ready to exchange Weston McKennie and Samuel Ayling-Junior for Douglas Luiz, and pay another £17 million for this football barter. Negotiations on the personal contracts of all three players are currently underway. Interestingly, the sale of Douglas Luiz will allow Aston Villa to comply with the rules of financial fair play.

"Juventus has announced on its official website the appointment of Bologna coach Thiago Motta as the team's head coach.

The agreement is valid until June 2027. The salary of the Italian specialist will be 3.5 million euros per season plus bonuses that can reach 5 million euros.

"I am very excited to start a new chapter at the helm of such a great club as Juventus. I thank the owners and the management, who can be confident in my ambition to continue flying the Juventus flag and delighting the fans," commented Motta.