First Team
El Bilal Touré completes move to Atalanta BC from UD Almería
The Club achieves a new record signing with the transfer of the young forward, surpassing the previous deals of Darwin Núñez and Sadiq
El Bilal Touré has completed his move to Atalanta BC from UD Almería. The Club's record transfer of the Malian footballer exceeds those made back in the day of Darwin Núñez to Portuguese side SL Benfica and Sadiq to Real Sociedad. In addition, UD Almería have not taken long to increase the value of the talented striker, who joined the Rojiblancos last season.
The transfer has been completed after putting pen-to-paper on all the contracts and passing the medical tests in Bérgamo. On Thursday evening, El Bilal Touré left the UD Almería training camp in Benahavís once almost all the details of the new deal were established.
When it seemed that Darwin Núñez would not have a good replacement, Sadiq arrived, and when the Nigerian was transferred to Real Sociedad, El Bilal Touré was signed. He came from French top-tier side Stade de Reims when he was 20 years old. He quickly showed the reason for his signing and the UD Almería fans gave seal of approval to his signing. He was only able to play 21 games with UD Almería due to the unfortunate muscle injury he suffered which forced him to undergo surgery. Despite this setback, he scored 7 goals and produced 2 great assists. His goals were vital, such as the one that sealed victory over FC Barcelona or the 0-1 win against Espanyol de Barcelona on the last Matchday.
El Bilal Touré will now play for Serie A side Atalanta BC, ranked fourth in the Italian league last season, which has meant their qualification for the Europa League.