[Sport] Atlético de Madrid renews Simeone until 2027

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The Marca newspaper announced it on Sunday and this Thursday it became official. Diego Pablo 'Cholo' Simeone renews with Atlético de Madrid until 2027. The Argentine had a contract until the end of the season (June 2024), but the good numbers in this campaign, in the last Champions League match they beat Celtic 6-0, They have advanced this renewal.

Cholo landed in the capital in December 2011. He is going to complete his 12th season as a colchonero coach, being one of the main architects of the club's most glorious years. This extension has peculiarities compared to the previous six (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2021) and is that it is for three years, instead of two, and is accompanied by a salary reduction, which had already been previously discussed ( 30%, which estimates that he will earn around 12 million euros per season). The latter is due to the new economic conditions of the entity.

With this extension, Simeone becomes the coach who has coached the most games at Atlético (642 -380 wins, 145 draws and 117 losses-), surpassing Luis Aragonés (612). He is also the coach who has won the most titles, the sum of which amounts to a total of eight trophies: two leagues (2014/15 and 20/21), one Copa del Rey (2012/13), two Europa Leagues (2011/ 12 and 17/18), two European Super Cups (2012 and 2018) and one Spanish Super Cup (2014). If he fulfills this extension, his time as a coach, added to those who wore the player's shirt, will add up to a total of 20 seasons with the red and white team.

 

 

He remembers all these years with Miguel Ángel Gil Marín
To celebrate the signing of the contract, the Argentine had a talk with the CEO and the man who opted for him in 2011, Miguel Ángel Gil Marín.

“15 years, it seems crazy, for the sector it is outrageous,” Gil Marín told Cholo. “I have to say 'thank you', I said it several times. This renewal is very important, we continue in a project that began many years ago. First, say what I feel, thank you for trusting me and us. All the people who accompanied us in all these years come to mind. All of them helped us find that path in which I am very happy. “I am happy where I am,” the Argentine was grateful.

Marín highlighted Cerezo's stability and his good skills in directing the club, something that El Cholo corroborated: “I don't respond to others on the day of the game. That day, only Cerezo makes me laugh, he takes me out of that tension. The truth is that you need that image and that tranquility that he transmits. "He makes me feel good," said Simeone, who also wanted to thank him for his support and closeness "since his time as a footballer."

 

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