“The coach decided everything. And there wasn’t really any freedom,” the full-back said, as quoted by tipsbladet.dk.
“Even though I lived in a nice place and the weather was good, I didn’t have time to enjoy it because we spent so many days and hours at the training ground.
“It was super tough mentally,” continued Maehle.
“Even if you had played a great game at the weekend, and the following one you didn’t play too well for 20 minutes, you would go to the back of the queue again. There was not the continuity you see in other places. Mentally, I could feel that I really needed a change.”
The Denmark international smiled when a journalist asked if he felt like being in a prison at Atalanta and whether Gasp had a dictatorial approach.
“You are saying it,” he replied.
“He really decided everything. Sometimes, when we had a double training session, he said we should stay and sleep at the training facility, so we were not allowed to go back home.”
“You don’t feel like a person. You feel like a number. You have no relationship with the coach. He would stand there and blame someone for something strange. For example, he was furious when Rasmus [Højlund] came to training by car together,” he revealed.
“He didn’t want us to drive together. Because then we could sit and talk together on the way to training, and enjoy ourselves. He didn’t want that, and I got scolded even if it had been agreed with the club because he [Hojlund] had no driver.
“I don’t know if it’s typical Italians, but some things make you angry and tired in the long run.”
