Gasperini made such announcement? Man, I must have missed that interestingly... 
Maybe the team reacted really badly to that statement and this is why they are so bad.
After doing some digging on the internet yeah I have found it: Goal.com
I hope they don't at least mess up so much that they lose their Champions League spot for next season. And I wonder who the options are going to be on the table to bring... Maybe Mancini who is rumoured with Juventus too?
Atalanta is a good team but their main problem has always been the lack of stability, every season they have a bad streak, maybe a change of coach can change this. Gasperinni has already started to be associated with Atalanta, but the reasons may be different, maybe he received a better offer from another team, or the Atalanta management is more ambitious and wants to achieve more, three defeats in a row is bad for a team that is fighting for the top 4. Maybe the team reacted really badly to that statement and this is why they are so bad.After doing some digging on the internet yeah I have found it: Goal.com
I hope they don't at least mess up so much that they lose their Champions League spot for next season. And I wonder who the options are going to be on the table to bring... Maybe Mancini who is rumoured with Juventus too?