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Teun Koopmeiners will most likely continue his football career at Atalanta. The AZ captain said after the match against Celtic in the Europa League that an agreement between the Italian club and the Alkmaarders is imminent.

“It is concrete. The clubs are in discussion. I do think that it is now approaching a point that the hammer can, as it were, be almost ready,” said Koopmeiners, who at Atalanta his compatriots Hans Hateboer, Marten de Roon and Sam Lammers.

“It took a long time, it was difficult and stiff. It was an exciting period. I have been working on it day in day out. In the football world it always remains uncertain, that made it difficult.”