{"id":1104204,"date":"2019-09-03T13:30:53","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T12:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1104204"},"modified":"2019-09-03T13:30:53","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T12:30:53","slug":"martin-skrtel-atalanta-contract-termination-ex-liverpool-new-club","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/martin-skrtel-atalanta-contract-termination-ex-liverpool-new-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Skrtel joins new club after quitting Atalanta without playing a single game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Former Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel has signed for Istanbul Basaksehir, having terminated his contract with Atalanta less than a month after joining.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Istanbul club, who finished second in the Turkish Super Lig last season, have signed Skrtel on a one-year deal.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Martin Skrtel&#8217;s Atalanta career in four key dates&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>August 9:<\/strong> Skrtel signs one-year deal with Atalanta.<\/li>\n<li><strong>August 25:<\/strong> Skrtel is unused substitute in 3-2 win over SPAL.<\/li>\n<li><strong>September 1:<\/strong> Skrtel&#8217;s Atalanta contract is reportedly terminated by mutual consent.<\/li>\n<li><strong>September 3: <\/strong>Istanbul Bakasehir announce\u00a0the signing of Skrtel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Skrtel, 34, had previously signed a one-year contract with Serie A side Atalanta at the start of August, having left Fenerbahce earlier in the summer, ready to help the side in their Champions League campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Upon his arrival at the club in August, Skrtel spoke of his desire to play in the Champions League once more, and readiness to give his all for Atalanta.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7354781-emery-must-resist-his-crystal-palace-tribute-act-to-punish-unsettled-spurs\/embed\/v4?image_option=full\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DDXmlid89qc&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>: &#8220;I&#8217;m happy to be here and obviously I&#8217;m proud and honoured to be part of this football club and I am looking forward to starting with the team on the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I always try to do my best and try to leave everything on the pitch for the team. I try to do my job at 100 per cent and as a defender, I try to be as aggressive as I can towards the opponents to stop them scoring.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been like this, I am like this and I will be like this, so this is what I can offer to the team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For a player, the Champions League is a top competition and I think every player dreams about playing in the Champions League especially as kids.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve played in the Champions League with Liverpool and I&#8217;m happy that I could join Atalanta and be part of Champions League again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How Chelsea Have Lined Up Under Lampard! Squawka Tactics w\/Statman Dave\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VnAUZ52mU-o?start=195&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The centre-back was an unused substitute in Atalanta&#8217;s first Serie A game of the new season last weekend as they won 3-2.<\/p>\n<p>However, Skrtel was not included in the 20-man squad for Atalanta&#8217;s home game against Torino on Sunday evening, amid claims his contract had been terminated by mutual consent.<\/p>\n<p>According to the reports from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football-italia.net\/143663\/report-skrtel-quits-atalanta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Italy<\/a>, Skrtel has fallen out with Atalanta manager Gian Piero Gasperini over his delayed introduction into the team.<\/p>\n<p>He had previously confirmed talks over signing for Steven Gerrard&#8217;s Rangers side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel has signed for Istanbul Basaksehir, having terminated his contract with Atalanta less than a month after joining. The Istanbul club, who finished second in the Turkish Super Lig last season, have signed Skrtel on a one-year deal. Martin Skrtel&#8217;s Atalanta career in four key dates&#8230; August 9: Skrtel signs one-year&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":1104219,"parent":0,"menu_order":5343,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Former Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel has terminated his contract with Atalanta, less than a month after joining the club, according to reports.","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"news-category":[],"class_list":["post-1104204","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"external_featured_image_url":"","hide_featured_image_pattern":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Martin Skrtel joins new club after quitting Atalanta without playing a single game | Squawka | EN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" 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