Andrey SenchenkoSport correspondentAll materialsLeave to the authorAlexey had a great chance to prove himself in the city where Massimo Carrera once ignited, but his mentor ruined everything. The future of Alexei Miranchuk has become one of the main topics for discussion in Russian football. For several months, rumors about the upcoming transfer were actively developing around his person, and shortly before the start of the new season, they gained significant weight. A great desire to see Alexei in their ranks was expressed in Torino. The club, following the results of the last Serie A season, finished close to Atalanta, and the Russian was seen as the player who would help the Turin “bulls” compete for a place in European competition. The technical director of the team, Davide Vagnati, even announced the signing of a lease agreement with Miranchuk with the right to repurchase, but … At the beginning of this week, Alexei was supposed to join his new team, but the Bergamasks unexpectedly, as they say, turned on the back. Atalanta mentor Gian Piero Gasperini decided to keep the midfielder in his ranks. “Yes, we had negotiations with Torino. After a long conversation, the coach nevertheless asked to leave Miranchuk in the team. The deal for his transition is frozen,” said sports director Luca Percassi in an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere dello Sport. And Gasperini's decision looks like a real sabotage in relation to Miranchuk. Last season, the Russian was used exclusively as a reserve player. In all competitions, he took part in 25 matches and spent a total of 943 minutes on the field — this is one of the worst indicators in the entire team, given that Atalanta, in addition to Serie A and the Italian Cup, fought in the Champions League and the Europa League. And it's not even about the injuries that Alexey faced in a certain period.
Oleksiy MiranchukIn the new season, the Bergamasks will fly past the European Cups and will only watch the games with the participation of other teams from the outside. Accordingly, a large reserve of Gasperini in the presence of conditional Ruslan Malinovsky, Mario Pashalic, Jeremy God and others will be needed only in a special case. Whether it will arise is a big question, suffocating Miranchuk with excessive uncertainty. “Torino” looked to Alexei not even as an alternate airfield, but as a place where you can revive your career without waiting for its final extinction. Turin is still Serie A and far from being a European backwater, where Russian football players go almost due to the lack of successful alternatives. But most importantly, Torino mentor Ivan Yurich was determined to give Miranchuk a place in the first team. «For Miranchuk, this is a very good option. Atalanta did not trust him and spoke openly about it, the coach did not intend to give him playing time. Meaning there was no time to sit in this club. Lease in «Torino» is a good option. As far as I know, the coach of the Turin club Ivan Yurich asked the management to buy Miranchuk for him. This suggests that the coach will give him a chance, will trust him. Alexei is such a player who needs to always be on the field, otherwise he loses his useful qualities. I can’t say anything about Yurich himself, but I know that he really wanted to see Miranchuk in his team, «said Nikolai Naumov, former president of Lokomotiv Moscow. As a result, Atalanta not only delays payments to the railroad for the transfer of Miranchuk, but also blocks the development of the player himself. But Alexei will turn 27 this fall. Staying in stagnation at this age threatens with serious troubles for the Russian.
