Beyond the disappointment of having missed an opportunity to reach the semifinals of the Championsthe crash of Atlético In Dortmund a great reality is evident: the aging squad needs a profound remodeling to be able to compete with guarantees, and above all with legs, in Europa (and in any competition). However, it remains to be seen that from the offices of the Metropolitan manage to carry out the cleanup obliges this reality, because apart from the fact that the years also pass through the heavyweights, the footballers chosen to leave (Saúl, Memphis, Savic, Correa…) they still have a contract, so their goodbye is not easy.
However, the facts speak for themselves: Simeone presented an eleven in Dortmund with an average age that reached 30.6 years of age, which represents an obvious handicap when the games acquire a frenetic pace or when the team tries to take a step forward. Hence, finding a destination for several of the players who are considered to have finished their cycle at Atlético or whose performance is not profitable will be the great workhorse this summer for both the sporting director Andrea Berta as even for the director of football, Carlos Bucero.
Mosquera, a priority for defense
With the 61 goals conceded in the season showing that there is a problem at the back, a simple look at the contractual situation and the DNI of its members does not invite optimism regarding the possibility of rejuvenating it. With Azpilicueta renewed for another year at 35 years old, with the idea of expanding the bond of a Witsel with your same age or with Savicat 33 years old, also with a contract until 2025 (to all this is added that Gimenezalready around thirty, has missed 17 games this season due to injury), just the goodbye of Beautiful can be assured.
With the Valencian Mosquera, one of the biggest revelations of LaLiga at 19 years old, become the great priority to provide fresh air to the defense, the arrival of another central defender would be at the expense of another departure. The eyes, or the desire, in this sense, point to Savic, although his recent automatic renewal would force a solution to be found that would convince the Montenegrin of the convenience of ending his time at Atlético.
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Saúl, an endless ‘problem’
However, if there is a player that Atlético wants to place on the starting ramp, it is none other than Saúl, since the 7.5 net kilos of his contract represent a significant burden when it comes to adjusting to the squad’s salary limit. However, this is not a new situation nor is it easy to resolve, since his contract does not expire until 2026 and there are no clubs willing to assume his salary either. Hence it supposes a ‘slip‘ which is already thriving in the latest markets.
As if that were not enough, Atlético still cannot stop the arrival of a 5 that gives a breather to a Immediately (although at 32 years old he is still the helm of the team, he is not enough power if he has to measure himself in speed), well Vermeer, still in the process of maturing and adapting to the cultural and football clash between the Belgian and Spanish Leagues, has always been an interior player. Hence it is hardly Barrios offer internal guarantee competence for Llorente o By Paulboth close to turning 30 as well.
A lame front
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Nor does the forward present a much more promising perspective, because regardless of whether Griezmann y Morata They have run dry and at 33 and 31 years old respectively, their alternatives do not enter into their future plans either. In the case of Memphis, due to his repeated physical problems that make him a regular in nursing (with the helplessness of seeing that it is fully a differential 9); in Correa’s case, because it is understood that he has already given everything he had (despite the fact that in Dortmund he improved the team), that he has not managed to get rid of his eternal role as a disruptor and because he could have a certain market. It would be much more complicated to free up the Dutchman’s gap, since with his high salary, his contract until 2025 and his injuries, he remains to see if an accommodation is found for him.
2024-04-17 12:07:31
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