Mateo Rettegui goes to Saudi Arabia, covered with gold by the Qadsiah: a deal for him, decippled engagement, and for Atalanta. Not for the Gattuso national team who risks losing his center forward
Mateo Rettegui goes to the al Qasdiah in Saudi Arabia. A market story in which they all or almost all win. The player certainly laughs, who signs a 20 million euro contracts per season Which is ten times higher than that signed in the summer of 2024 landing at Atalanta by Genoa. And smiles Atalanta to whom a 68 million euro bank transfer is intended, with an attached capital gain of about 50 accrued within a single year. A record or almost. Impossible to say no to the Saudi court, both for the footballer and for the club.
One of those Win-Win Not uncommon in the transfer market stories, especially now that the Arabs have returned to being serious, and the average age of those who choose to move to the desert by renouncing European football are lowering. Before stagust, albeit with a different role, it was Simone Inzaghi to make weapons and luggage leaving Inter to marry the (well -paid) cause of the Al Hilal. And even Theo Hernandez, after an initial resistance, followed him without great regrets.
Rettegui in Arabia, how much he will earn (he and Atalanta)
Mateo Rettegui, striker with Argentine and Italian passport found by CT Mancini in Argentina and brought from there to the national team, not without criticism and controversy, was the top scorer of the last Serie A championship: 25 goals with the Atalanta shirt. In Bergamo he had landed suddenly, purchased over a few hours after the serious knee injury suffered by Scamacca. Sartori and Percassi have seen us right: paid 22 million euros plus 3 bonuses, he is resold 68 a year later with a capital gain of 50.
Before Atalanta, his debut in the top flight had been less sparkling: 9 goals in 31 games with Genoa. Better with the national team, for which a point of reference has become quickly confirmed by Spalletti after Mancini’s investiture. In blue Risttegi is at 6 goals in 20 games. Not many, but not a few for a movement that has long been looking for a ‘9’ number of reference. The passage in Saudi Arabia will bring 20 million euros net for the next four seasons to its pockets.
Rettegui and Italy: Gattuso loses his reference striker
An impossible offer to be refused and, in fact, has not been refused. It is said that Rettegui wanted to reflect us a lot because they are aware of the risk of disappearing from the great football radars at the age of 26. Perfect for those who are in a launching trampon, especially in the vintage that leads to the World Cup of the next summer to which Italy aims to arrive despite the handicap against Norway cost the bench on Spalletti.
The risk of Gattuso to have to turn elsewhere is concrete. Not in the immediate, but with the passing of the months. The Arab championship, despite the big names gradually involved, still remains very not very competitive compared to European footballespecially considering the rhythms. It is true that Inzaghi’s Al Hilal has experienced a club world championship, eliminating Manchester City and drawing with Real Madrid, but it is so far a exception and not the rule.
Furthermore, Al Qadsiah, fourth in the past season quite far from the adults, does not represent the elite of the Saudi tournament but an outsider who dreams of the qualitative leap. Few of the players who went to play in the Saudi League remained central to international level. For Cristiano Ronaldo (at Nassr and Portugal) and Aleksandr Mitrovic (at Hilal and Serbia) who confirmed the strengths of their respective nationals, there are others progressively disappeared.
Gattuso considers one of the attackers of a department who as center forward also counts on Moise Kean And Lorenzo Luccawaiting for the high -level confirmation of Pio Esposito and the return to the activity of Gianluca Smacacca. The problem? Messi together, these four have made the same number of goals in blue – few, only 6 – of stagust. That it will not be a champion, but it is the ‘9’ that we had and that we now risk losing, burned on the altar of the money that comes from the desert.
Rettegui in Saudi Arabia, the comment of the FIGC President Gravina
A concept also expressed by the President of the Football Federation, Gabriele Gravina: “Sorry for the guys who at this moment gave a significant contribution to the blue shirt. This is the effect of globalization, it is one of the negative aspects. We cannot face or put stakes in the market economy, these are the principles of the economy and are respected.
Clearly we will follow it, but you understand that as far as we are concerned, the competitiveness of a rather important championship at an international level such as the Italian championship leads you to have a very different formation. He is a fundamental footballer for us who walks away, as unfortunately happened for others. We hope to keep it in the best possible way “.
