Santiago Arias is back in the news in the internal mattress. This Sunday he will play his last match with Granada and must return to the discipline of Diego Pablo Simeon.
On the eve of the last match of the season, this Sunday against Real Sociedad in it San Sebastian Real Arena‘Cholo Simeone, manager of Atlético de Madrid, affirmed that his team he does not need “many footballers” for the next campaign in the chapter of signings, because it has “an important campus”, although yes “some who can come to reinforce somewhere“.
“In almost every place we have players who can generate what we want. If you push me a lot, we don’t need many footballers. We do need some who can come to reinforce somewhere in the team that, obviously, is going to need new energy“, valued this Saturday at the press conference after the morning training session at the Ciudad Deportiva de Majadahonda.
The next Atlético 2022-23, Simeone’s eleventh, already has some certainties: the departure of Luis Suárez and Héctor Herrerawho end the contract, just like Sime Vrsaljko, pending whether it will renew or not; the end of the goalkeeper’s loan Benjamin Lecomte, who hasn’t played a minute so far this season; and the continuity of both Felipe Monteirowhich will renew for one year, as Antoine Griezmannon loan from Barcelona.
Arias also enters there, taking into account that Vrsaljko, his position rival, could leave the institution and this situation would open the doors to a rematch in the Spanish capital squad. It is worth remembering that the Croatian is the only pure right back of the team.
