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ATALANTA

Manager: Gian Piero Gasperini

Key Arrivals: Demiral (Juventus), Ederson (Salernitana)

Key Departures: Pessina (Monza), Sutalo (Dinamo Zagreb), Del Prato (Parma), Gollini (Fiorentina), Reca (Spezia), Lovato (Salernitana)

Prediction: After three intoxicating seasons in the Champions League, even reaching the quarter-finals in 2019-20, Atalanta return to normality this year, not having qualified for any European competition. Time for Gasperini to regroup and rebuild.

BOLOGNA

Manager: Sinisa Mihajlovic

Key Arrivals: Lykogiannis (Cagliari), Aebischer (Young Boys), Ferguson (Aberdeen), Cambiaso (Juventus)

Key Departures: Hickey (Brentford), Svanberg (Wolfsburg)

Prediction: Having finished16 points clear of the relegation zone last season, Bologna might be a little more ambitious than that13th-place finish. Transfer activity has been rather modest so far, though.

CREMONESE

Manager: Massimiliano Alvini

Tsadjout (Milan), Ghiglione

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