Yunus Musah’s loan spell at Serie A side Atalanta is set to end this May with the Serie A club reportedly set to pass on keeping him permanently.
Atalanta will not exercise the purchase option on Musah from his parent club AC Milan, Italian outlet Gazzetta Dello Sport reported Thursday. In addition, the Rossoneri are planning to listen to offers for the American midfielder this summer, according to the report.
Musah joined the Bergamo-based club in August from Milan in a season-long loan deal which included a €25 million purchase option. However, the American has struggled to earn consistent playing time this season, leading to Atalanta’s decision to not exercise a purchase.
Musah has made 24 appearances for the club in all competitions, with his only two goals coming on March 1 and 4 respectively. His last start came back on January 28 against Union St. Gilloise in UEFA Champions League play before Atalanta were later dumped out of the competition by Bayern Munich in the Round of 16.
A lack of consistent playing time has led to less U.S. men’s national team involvement for Musah too. Musah’s last USMNT cap came back in March 2025 in a CONCACAF Nations League third-place match loss to Canada.
Musah has made 83 appearances for AC Milan since joining for €20 million from Valencia in August 2023. He’s amassed over 200 club appearances to date between his three stops at senior level.
Seventh-place Atalanta will continue their push for a European qualification spot with six league matches remaining. Up next for Raffaele Palladino’s squad is a Saturday trip to AS Roma before resuming Coppa Italia action against Lazio next week.
Here’s what I can’t understand. He began starting in La Liga when he was only 19 and was a consistent starter for several years before joining Milan. He was on our last WC team. He is still only 24 years old. Has he gotten worse in the last 2 years?
It became known he was American. Jk well kinda lol
Gary,
” Has he gotten worse in the last 2 years?”
For all intents and purposes, yes he has.
With the clubs he can’t seem to find a manager who believes in him and can’t help him settle down and find his best role. Versatility is great but at some point you have to settle down and define yourself, unless you are Weston, who is a special case.
With the USMNT he shot himself in the foot by opting out. He may have had excellent reasons for taking that time off but he opened the door for guys like Weah, Johnny, Tessman, Morris and Seba. Pochettino might have been able to help him. I don’t know if Cristian makes the team but I imagine Yunus looks at Roldan and the other guys and says to himself ” Hey, I can do that”.
At the very least the World Cup is a great place to put yourself in a shop window.
In terms of talent Yunus has a ton of it and is as good as he ever was but, if no one can figure out how to use your talent then so what?
If you’re lucky you get one or two chances to make himself a home and so far Yunus is wasting his.