{"id":289577,"date":"2023-09-05T13:34:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T13:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=289577"},"modified":"2023-09-05T13:34:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T13:34:14","slug":"former-atalanta-player-hits-out-at-coach-gasperinis-lack-of-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/former-atalanta-player-hits-out-at-coach-gasperinis-lack-of-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Atalanta player hits out at coach Gasperini&apos;s lack of &apos;FREEDOM&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Former Atalanta player Joakim Maehle hits out at head coach Gian Piero Gasperini, saying there was &#8216;no freedom&#8217; at the Serie A side &#8211; and reveals he was banned from DRIVING with \u00a372m Man United starlet Rasmus Hojlund<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The defender booked a move from Bergamo to Bundesliga outfit Wolfsburg\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hojlund also moved on, becoming the window&#8217;s most expensive Serie A player<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast It&#8217;s All Kicking Off<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ex-Atalanta player Joakim Maehle hit out at his former coach Gian Piero Gasperini and his lack of &#8216;freedom&#8217; at the Serie A side after securing a permanent move to Bundesliga outfit Wolfsburg.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old decried the &#8216;super tough&#8217; mental environment reportedly overseen by the Italian manager, who has taken charge in Bergamo since 2016.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Speaking ahead of Denmark&#8217;s 2024 Euro qualifier against San Marino on Thursday, the Danish full-back was outspoken about his desire to leave the club during the summer&#8217;s transfer window.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Along with Maehle, the Lombardy club also waved goodbye to rising starlet Rasmus Hojlund, who joined Manchester United for \u00a372million to become Serie A&#8217;s most expensive player during the window.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As per Maehle&#8217;s retelling, reported by Danish site tipsbladet.dk, Hojlund also found himself in Gasperini&#8217;s firing line whilst at the club.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/05\/11\/75073503-12482227-image-a-32_1693910921448.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Joakim Maehle (left) decried head coach Gian Piero Gasperini&#8217;s rigorous training environment after leaving Atalanta for Wolfsburg this summer<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/05\/11\/75073507-12482227-image-a-33_1693910925238.jpg\" height=\"482\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Italian manager has been at the helm of the Lombardy-based club for over seven years<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/05\/11\/75074353-12482227-image-a-36_1693911222694.jpg\" height=\"448\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Maehle (left) has played under the manager since his December 2020 move from Genk<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The coach decided everything. And there wasn&#8217;t really any freedom,&#8217; Maehle told reporters when asked about his time at Atalanta. &#8216;Event though I lived in a nice place and the weather was good, I didn&#8217;t have time to enjoy it because we spent so many days and hours at the training ground.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was super tough mentally. Even if you played a great game at the weekend, and the following one you didn&#8217;t play too well for 20 minutes, you would go to the back of the queue again.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There was not the continuity you see in other places. Mentally, I could feel that I really needed a change.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Maehle is said to have smiled when one journalist asked if being at the club felt like &#8216;a prison&#8217;, adding: &#8216;You are saying it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Of Gasperini, he said: &#8216;He really decided everything. Sometimes, when we had a double training session, he said we should stay and sleep at the training facility, so we were not allowed to go back home.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You don&#8217;t feel like a person. You feel like a number. You have no relationship with the coach. He would stand there and blame someone for something strange.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;For example, he was furious when Rasmus (Hojlund) and I came to training by car together.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He didn&#8217;t want us to drive together. Because then we could sit and talk together on the way to training, and enjoy ourselves. He didn&#8217;t want that, and I got scolded even if it had been agreed with the club because he (Hojlund) had no driver.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s typical Italians,&#8217; Maehle continued. &#8216;But some things make you angry and tired in the long run.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Mail Sport has reached out to Atalanta for comment.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/05\/11\/75074255-12482227-image-m-35_1693910992808.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rasmus Hojlund also left Bergamo this summer, becoming Serie A&#8217;s most expensive player during the window with his \u00a372m move to Man United<\/p>\n<p>Prior to his departure for Wolfsburg, Maehle had played for Atalanta for two and a half years, after joining the club in December 2020 from Genk.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During his time in Bergamo, Maehle scored six times, registering seven further assists, in 96 appearances across all competitions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hojlund made his first appearance for his new club during Man United&#8217;s defeat to a\u00a0 smash-and-grab Arsenal side on Sunday, which saw Erik ten Hag&#8217;s side lose 3-1 at the last courtesy of injury-time goals from Declan Rice and Gabriel Jesus.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Danish striker came on in the 67th minute to replace Anthony Martial, as part of his gradual start to life in Manchester as he recovers from a lingering back injury.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12482227\/Former-Atalanta-player-Joakim-Maehle-hits-head-coach-Gian-Piero-Gasperini-saying-no-freedom-Serie-reveals-banned-DRIVING-72m-Man-United-starlet-Rasmus-Hojlund.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Atalanta player Joakim Maehle hits out at head coach Gian Piero Gasperini, saying there was &#8216;no freedom&#8217; 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