Thiago Almada could return to Brazilian football shortly, given that the Palm treesone of the most important clubs on the continent, opened talks with Atlético de Madrid to incorporate the talented Argentine midfielder, who has little participation in the Mattress makerand aims to reach the next World Cup with filming.
The footballer of 24 yearsemerged from the lower divisions of Vélez, had a brief stint in the Botafogoclub with which he became champion of the Copa Libertadores 2024. Then, the native of Fort Apache was transferred to Olympic Lyon before joining the team he leads Diego Simeone.
According to the media Globo Esportethe sports proposal of the Verdao es to acquire 50% of the midfielder’s pass, valued at 23 million dollars. The Brazilian media expanded that conversations with Atlético de Madrid are open. For the moment, the Palm trees It is the club that made the most progress in the negotiations and hopes to close the operation. However, they warned that the São Paulo institution “progress with caution in the signing”considering the high economic risk at stake and that The decision is in the hands of the player.
A few months after having been presented in the Atlético de Madridthe club declared “transferable” a Almadaeven though it has contract until June 30, 2030as reported by the program The Stringer of Chain To be. The club still has the Argentine, but they do not rule out accepting an interesting offer and being able to recover part of the investment they made.
In this season in Mattress makerthe footballer played 16 official matches, with 587 minutes on the field, two goals and one assist, starting only five appearances. The lack of continuity under the leadership of Diego Simeone was also reflected this Thursday, with the 16 minutes he played in the 2-1 defeat against Real Madrid in the semifinal of the Spanish Super Cup.
Thiago Almada’s main priority is the Argentine National Team ahead of the 2026 World Cup that will be played in six months and the reason why the player needs to increase his continuity to stay on the radar of Lionel Scaloni. The coach assured that will take into account the players who arrive with greater experience for the competition that will be held in Canada, Mexico and the United States.
On the other hand, Thiago Almada’s last step in Brazilian football was largely positive: he became champion of the Copa Libertadores in the second half of 2024 and won the Brasileirao con Botafogo. This last data is an incentive for the team led by Abel Ferreira and that will seek to be crowned in the most important Conmebol tournament (it was runner-up in 2025). We will have to wait for the progress of the São Paulo team and whether Atlético would accept a proposal that allows it to recover a good part of what was invested in August for the transfer of the Guayo. Furthermore, it emerged that Porto Alegre Guild He also showed interest in the player, but made no moves for the signing.
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