| Marten de Roon signed for Atalanta Bergamo in July 2015, leaving sc Heerenveen. Atalanta Bergamo, finishing at 17th position in the Serie A in the season 2014-15, had send multiple scouts to games of sc Heerenveen since at least 4 or 5 of them had seen De Roon at least in 10 matches.
De Roon played a great season at Atalanta Bergamo. Middlesbrough, just promoted to the Premier League, bought De Roon for a transfer fee of 14ME. The midfielder signed a 4-year contract until 2020 at the club from North England. In August 2017 after one season in England and relegation of his club, he returned to his former club in Italy. Atalanta signed the midfielder on a 5-year contract until 2022 for a 15ME fee. |
