AC Milan-owned attacker Charles De Ketelaere has spoken glowingly about his time at Atalanta, a club he is expected to sign for on a permanent deal at the end of the season.
Speaking during an interview with Sportweek (via Milan News), the Belgian player spoke about what changed within him to start playing as well as he has been for La Dea.
De Ketelaere signed for Milan from Club Brugge in the summer of 2022 and was expected to become a very important player for the Rossoneri in a short space of time. In the end, he struggled for minutes and when he was on the pitch, he failed to impress.
This led Milan to loan him to Atalanta, with an option for that deal to become permanent at the end of this season. Milan now find themselves in an odd position, because De Ketelaere has enjoyed a brilliant campaign so far.
Across all competitions, he has got nine goals and seven assists, playing in a more advanced role than Milan had originally envisaged for him. He has almost been playing as a striker.
De Ketelaere explained that something clicked in his mind when he joined Atalanta and he has been able to show his quality.
“At Atalanta, I found myself physically and mentally. Something clicked in my head and off I went. Compared to at Milan, I play in my true role, as a forward. I don’t know what will happen in the future, but now I feel like I’m there. Today I feel like I am a calm, confident, proud player. My work isn’t done, but I’m on the right track,” he said.
CDK isn’t ready for the big clubs and the bright lights yet….. Atalanta already trying to sell him on to PL. He will flop there too.
Leao wasn’t ready, he needed 2 seasons to wash off Niang comparisons. Problem with CdK is he never suited Pioli’s system in the first place.
Exactly, people keep saying that he was too young but the biggest problem is that he doesnt even fit Pioli ‘s system
He is a striker with 5 goals in the league, 1 of them a penalty.
He’s 23 not a kid.
I don’t think he’s worth more than 10 – 15m currently
If we get most our money back that’s a great result, just a pity it cost us 2 years.
So how much is Chuk worth with 0 goals and 1 assist? And he’s 24.
Chucky has looked like an amateur player so far
So how much is Christian Pulisic worth? Puli has 29 games 7 goals 5 assists this season…CDK has 26 games 9 goals 8 assists this season… statistically better than your breakout star
Break out star?
Well Pulisic is not a striker for one thing.
He is a solid pro whose overall contribution to our play is significant.
and he didn’t cost 35m!
Also let’s stick to league stats so there is some continuity.
Milan had a tough CL group.
CDK got 2 goals against Rakow from Polish league.
Are we going to count goals scored in training too?
Also lets not forget Pulisic is a CL winner who had a goal and an assist in the semi-final tie v Madrid
Dum_Best logic of the day so far, probably of the entire week as well lol. Congratulations.
So genius, how would you value a “Striker” who is 23yo and has now scored 6 goals in 24 rounds of the league?
He’s a different player, in this last month.
Whereas last year he was a cumbersome, largely ineffective player who was being shut down with little difficulty, something has changed.
I think ‘finding himself’ is the perfect way to describe it. He is finding the time to maximise his strengths and those strengths are really coming to the fore.
This is the raw talent that we signed. Good luck to him.