Ipswich City defender and former Napoli loanee Axel Tuanzebe claims that ‘each group within the Premier League would go to Bergamo and wrestle’ towards Atalanta in a powerful backing of Serie A and the general high quality of the division.
The previous Manchester United graduate was a visitor on The Overlap, the place he briefly spoke about with Napoli.
Tuanzebe spent the second half of the 2021-22 season on mortgage with the Partenopei, and has nothing however good issues to say in regards to the high quality and magnificence of soccer he skilled, even when his first-team experiences have been restricted to simply two matches throughout his time in Naples.
Tuanzebe: ‘Each’ Premier League group would wrestle towards Atalanta
Tuanzebe feels that there’s nonetheless a closed-off mentality surrounding the Premier League and a naivety from sure people in regards to the high quality and magnificence of play overseas. He claims {that a} group like Atalanta – for example – would trigger complications for many of England’s prime flight.
“Gamers ask me like ‘oh what was it like enjoying in Italy’ and I feel you (have to) put extra respect on overseas leagues.
“We’re kind of trapped in a bubble pondering the Premier League is one of the best league. Yeah, competitively, it has essentially the most cash, one of the best infrastructure and so on., however when it comes to pure expertise, in gamers, gamers you’ve by no means heard about – unbelievable.
“The video games usually are not simply breezes within the park and you actually must lock in and focus to carry out.
“Take a look at Atalanta for instance, you do not need to go to Bergamo and play them. It’s an extended day. That’s what I’m saying, it’s neglected. I promise you, each group within the Premier League, in the event that they went to Bergamo on their day, they’d wrestle.”
“I promise you, each group within the Premier League would wrestle in the event that they went to Atalanta!” 👀
Axel Tuanzebe on the large variations between Italian and English soccer 🇮🇹
Atalanta have actually proved their price of their latest encounters with Premier League opposition.
They held title-hopefuls Arsenal to a irritating 0-0 draw within the Champions League in the beginning of the 2024-25 marketing campaign, and in addition put in an exceptional efficiency to defeat Liverpool 3-0 at Anfield within the Europa League final time period.