CM: De Ketelaere rejoined Atalanta on loan with obligation – why both clubs benefit | OneFootball

Some rather interesting details have emerged regarding Charles De Ketelaere’s move to join Atalanta on a permanent basis, according to a report.

As Calciomercato.com report, the fact remains that De Ketelaere will still be an Atalanta players beyond the summer and his adventure at Milan has come to an end. However, it is not a straight sale but rather a loan with obligation to redeem, which can be enforced from 1 February 2025.

Milan, in mid-June, put out a press release which made official that ‘the right to the sporting performances of Charles De Ketelaere are entirely owned by Atalanta’, which left out some key details regarding the actual formula.

La Dea realised a few weeks ago that they did not have enough time to trigger their option to buy deal, mainly because they held out right until the end of the clause being active to try and get a discount.

For this reason, it was decided to try and move the CDK deal into the 2025-26 budget, thanks to the inclusion of conditions for the obligation to buy that will come into force after the end of the next January window.

This also benefits Milan, because in this way the €32m plus €3m in bonuses paid to Club Brugge will be amortised for another year and the Rossoneri make a greater capital gain. The obligation to buy the Belgian for €22m euros will come into force in February.