For Odilon Kossounou the time is approaching to return to the team after the serious injury
Bergamo, 23 March 2025 – Reinforcement for the final sprint of the championship, for Atalanta, It could be Odilon Kossounou. The recovery journey of the statuesque Ivorian central defender continues without a hitch, as it has confirmed same player on social media, posting a gallery with encouraging content, during a machine session at the gym and accompanied by the message 'One step closer'.
The 2001-born centre-back has been sidelined for two months after theright adductor tendon injury, which forced him to undergo an operation on January 18surgical operation - performed in Barcelona by the team of Dr. Ramon Cugat, the “tendon wizard” - before starting a slow rehabilitation program with a quarterly schedule, carried out at the Zingonia sports center.
In four or five weeks the 24-year-old Ivorian centre-back could be ready to return, with the possibility of playing the last decisive championship matches in May.
For Gasperini and Atalanta it would be an important return, to have a defender with quality and physical power behind them, but not only that: to be able to use him in a handful of high-pressure competitive matches. It would also be a way to test his complete recovery and then evaluate whether or not to redeem him for the fee set at 25 million from Bayer Leverkusen. Redemption that was taken for granted until January, because the Ivorian had convinced, had grown tactically, had integrated. Then the serious tendon injury stopped him: at the moment his redemption is not a given, but Atalanta would have the intention of keeping him and valorizing him.
Therefore, the Nerazzurri management could start negotiations with the Germans in June to lower the figure of 25 million agreed last summer.
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