[Sport]Open fronts for Atlético in the transfer market

[SougarLord]

Atlético de Madrid prepares its assault on the Champions League starting in August, but out of the corner of its eye it continues to design the squad for the 2020-21 season. An unusual transfer market window due to the Coronavirus pandemic, because the start date of the next championship will be September 12 but it is a provisional date. Recall that other years at this point the teams are usually already working with a large part of the template made for the next campaign.

For this reason and due to the economic problems derived from the pandemic due to the Coronavirus, Atlético de Madrid is expected to make few signings, as President Enrique Cerezo acknowledged in an interview with the Marca newspaper, in which he stated that “we do not need many players. We have a young team with a great future. ”

Despite all the mattresses have some positions in the template that may make an effort to find some reinforcement.

 

The goal

 

Unless the situation of a very unexpected turn Oblak is going to stay at Atlético de Madrid. The interest of several teams has not caused fear in the club for its continuity. Bine different is the situation of Antonio Adán, the goal of Mejorada del Campo has a foot and a half outside the club. Sporting Lisbon could be your destination. The club shuffles names like Jose Sá or Dmitrovic.

 

Front

 

Diego Costa and Morata are on the way to being the benchmark striker Simeone expects from their team. They are improving both their participation and their numbers but they need to punch the table ... only if an interesting option appeared and one of the two left there would be some change in this position.

Quite different is the position of substitute striker. Saponjic's presence this season has been testimonial and even forwards like Sergio Camello or Darío Poveda have overtaken him in the coach's preferences. So mattresses could look for a player who encourages competition upstairs.

 

These would be the main positions to be reinforced but it would be necessary to see how the market develops because there are other positions in which there could be trading of trading cards.

 

The left side

 

Renan Lodi is currently the only player without a specific substitute on the roster. The club could look for a player with experience in that area or trust the options they have had this season. The youth squad Manu Sánchez could be chosen after the good games he played after the pandemic. A position in which Saúl and Hermoso have also played, on occasions. In principle, no transfer is expected.

 

The center of the rear

 

Simeone is very happy with the competition that has taken place this season between Atlético de Madrid's four center-backs. Giménez, Savic, Felipe and Hermoso have performed at a very high level. Although the departure of some of them is not ruled out as much for a good offer as it can be the case of the most veteran as to look for minutes that may be the option of Hermoso. In the event of a leak, a replacement would have to be found.

 

The center of the medulla

 

In principle it is a position in which there will not be many changes. Koke, Saúl and Thomas get ready by carrying the equipment handle. The problem is that after Llorente moves to a more advanced position for that demarcation, Cholo's only option is Héctor Herrera. We will see if they are looking for a change after the Champions League.

 

Other possible outputs

 

There are some players who could come out, although they would not generate great changes in the team structure, as is the case of Vrsaljko, who is currently the third right-back following the steps of Trippier and Arias. The other who could leave is Lemar looking to regain the confidence he has lost in recent games.

The truth is that we will see what happens in the Champions League matches. A competition that will be key to knowing the future of the squad. It has already happened that the end of the League has radically changed the situation of some player within the club. Without a doubt, the most benefited have been Llorente and Arias, who have gone from having residual minutes to being important in the team.