OFFICIAL: CONTI IS NOW RED AND BLACK
AC Milan take home their seventh new signing in this summer transfer window. The new Red and Black player is the Under-21 Italy international Andrea Conti. Here's the official statement:
AC Milan announce the permanent signing of Andrea Conti from Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio, through to 30 June 2022.
Andrea Conti is one of the most interesting talents of the past Serie A TIM season. He is a full back with great pace and stamina, capable of playing a more offensive football and of finding the empty space. A young talent who after the excellent 2016-17 spell with Atalanta - showing consistent performances throughout the whole campaign with 33 appearances and 2668 minutes played - is looking to take the leap in his career joining a top club in AC Milan. The Rossoneri have seen in Andrea the player with technical and tactical abilities, which added to a fine nose for goal, can come out handy to coach Montella and his "new" 2017/18 AC Milan.
HIS CAREER
Andrea started his path with Atalanta, playing for the Bergamo club until 2013. Then, at the age of 19, he went on loan to Perugia in Lega Pro (First Division): there he plays 16 games and wins the league being promoted to Serie B. The following season he kept playing in Italy's Serie B, this time with Lanciano, recording 24 appearances, with the club ending the season in 14th position. In the summer of 2015, he moved back to Atalanta, making his debut in the top-flight in the away game won at Udinese (2-1). With the Nerazzurri, he gave a boost to his career: 50 appearances and 10 goals - 8 scored in 2016-17 - over 24 months, between the League and TIM Cup. Conti has also recently been called up with the senior national team (although he hasn't yet made his debut in a competitive match), while with the Under-21 he has already competed, scored and played this summer in the European Championships in Poland.
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