Atalanta are expected to shake hands with Juventus on Tuesday for Teun Koopmeiners, so could spend that money asking Bayer Leverkusen for Odilon Kossounou.
Multiple sources including Sky Sport Italia, Sportitalia and Fabrizio Romano all believe tomorrow will be the decisive day for the long-running transfer saga.
Juve’s offer remains the same €52m plus €7m in add-ons, but it is close enough to the €60m asking price to get a deal over the line after today’s meeting.
They are confident the agreement will be reached on Tuesday, so Atalanta are trying to see how they will spend those extra funds.
Atalanta talk Koopmeiners and Kossounou
The same sources, in addition to Team Talk, also note that their target in defence is Kossounou.
There is a €30m asking price for the 23-year-old centre-back, who is only under contract at Bayer Leverkusen until June 2026.
He was signed from Club Brugge in 2021 for €23m and was a key figure in last season’s record-breaking Bundesliga campaign.
Kossounou also won the Africa Cup of Nations this year with the Ivory Coast and was beaten by Atalanta in the Europa League Final.
The defender has also been linked with Crystal Palace, Wolves and Leicester City, but La Dea are now the favourites.