Italy head coach Gattuso visits Atalanta training with Buffon and Bonucci – Football Italia

Italy national team head coach is currently in Bergamo along with Azzurri colleagues Gianluigi Buffon and Leonardo Bonucci in order to observe Ivan Juric’s Atalanta training session on Tuesday, La Dea have confirmed. 

Gattuso, Buffon and Bonucci were also joined by assistant coach Luigi Riccio and goalkeeping coach Roberto Perrone in Bergamo on Tuesday. 

Why Italy coaches visited Atalanta on Tuesday

The Italy delegation are preparing for Gattuso’s first test as national team head coach, which will be a World Cup qualifier against Estonia on September 5 and then another against Israel a few days later on September 8. 

Il CT Gennaro Gattuso, accompagnato dal capo delegazione della Nazionale Gianluigi Buffon, dagli assistenti Luigi Riccio e Leonardo Bonucci, e dal preparatore dei portieri Roberto Perrone, è stato in visita al Centro Bortolotti 🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/QLzoaj7tC9

— Atalanta B.C. (@Atalanta_BC) August 19, 2025

The Italy coaches will have kept a close eye on Atalanta’s cohort of Azzurri representatives, including the likes of Gianluca Scamacca, Raoul Bellanova, Davide Zappacosta, Daniel Maldini, Giorgio Scalvini and Marco Carnesecchi. 

This is not the first time that Gattuso and his colleague have gone out of their way to observe training at a Serie A side. They have also been to visit Lazio, Sassuolo and Udinese in recent weeks. 

Coincidentally, the Italy staff were not the only ‘special’ arrivals at Zingonia on Tuesday, as the recently-nomadic Ademola Lookman has also returned to the club following a two-week unauthorised absence.