Gian Piero Gasperini claims it would have been ‘almost a betrayal’ if he left Atalanta for Roma earlier in the summer.

Gasperini and Atalanta are preparing for their first-ever season in the Champions League, with Luis Muriel already signed up after a successful loan spell at Fiorentina.

“It’s an exciting period for us, a beautiful summer with compliments received for our incredible season,” the Coach told Radio Anch’io Sport.

Inter defender Milan Skriniar has taunted Juventus in a video. “How comes you never win the Champions League?”

A video, leaked by FC Inter 1908’s Daniele Mari on Twitter, sees Skriniar make fun of Juve’s recent Champions League failures with friends in Dubai.

“How comes you never win the Champions League?” he is heard singing.

Inter remain the last Italian club to lift the European Cup, doing so in 2010, while the Old Lady have not won the trophy since 1996.

Atalanta had a “positive meeting” with UEFA on potentially playing the Champions League at the reconstructed Stadio Azzurri d’Italia.

The arena is currently in the middle of massive building work, which saw an entire end bulldozed to make way for new structures.

Although the renovation is not expected to be complete until 2021, it will be divided into three phases, allowing for work on the Curva Morosini in the summer of 2020 and Ubi section in 2021.

Arrigo Sacchi insists Pep Guardiola never considered the Juventus job, but Maurizio Sarri is “on the same level as Guardiola, Jurgen Klopp and Mauricio Pochettino.”

The man who revolutionised football in the late 1980s and created Il Grande Milan, one of the most successful teams of all time, is friends with both Sarri and Guardiola.

Despite months of speculation, the Manchester City boss never was in talks with the Old Lady.

Atalanta have just started restructuring work on the Stadio Azzurri d’Italia in Bergamo, but hope UEFA will let them play Champions League games there anyway.

“I spoke to UEFA directors on the phone today and they are prepared to come to Bergamo by the end of June to see how work is progressing and evaluate our project to play Champions League games here,” said director of operations Roberto Spagnolo.

“We’ll know the verdict by the end of July.”

Fabian Ruiz believes Napoli were “unlucky in Europe” and so close to eliminating Liverpool, but they will “fight Juventus for the Scudetto next season.”

The Azzurri came third in their Champions League group behind Paris Saint-Germain and Liverpool, finishing on nine points, but went out on goal difference.

Carlo Ancelotti’s men beat the Premier League side 1-0 at home thanks to a Lorenzo Insigne goal and were a late Alisson save in final group game away from knocking the eventual champions out, as the tie in Anfield also ended 1-0.

Former Juventus midfielder Momo Sissoko believes “Maurizio Sarri can bring something extra” and they are “ready to win the Champions League.”

The 34-year-old is currently playing with Ligue 1 side Sochaux, but spent two and a half seasons with the Old Lady, playing 100 games while scoring three times.

“Time will tell if Juve deserve to win the Champions League,” Sissoko told TuttoJuve.com.

“I think they are ready to win it now, and next year we’ll see if they can do it, but I believe they can.

Blaise Matuidi genuinely believed Juventus would win the Champions League this season, while the Cagliari racism incident was “the worst moment of my career.”

The France international sat down for a lengthy interview with L’Equipe and outlined some of the highs and lows of the campaign at Juventus.

“It was a fairly satisfying season,” said Matuidi. “I played almost every game and at a club like Juve, that means a lot. We retained the Serie A title too.