The
Atlético de Madrid
rushes the last details to be able to make official the signing of Rodrigo De Paul. The Udinese It has already accepted the mattress proposal, of 35 million euros plus three for objectives. The officiality of the matter depends on documentary issues and the times that both clubs are marked. The player is in the Cup
America, which makes it not a non-negotiable urgency.
Pending the matter being official, the Athletic He is pleased to have acquired a player who was the express request of the Cholo Simeone. A footballer who has ended up opting for the mattress option when a few months ago, everything pointed to the opposite.
In fact, from Italy they point out that the Inter de Milan I had it done just a couple of seasons ago. Now, when the Lombard team wanted to react in this summer market, it was too late, because the footballer had already opted for the Athletic.
Account ‘La Gazzetta dello Sport’, that the ‘neroazzurro’ team had it done in 2019. Then, the Argentine international was one step away from moving to Milan for ten million less than it has now cost the Athletic.
Rodrigo de Paúl, the next pearl
According to said media, “in January 2019: everything was done, an operation agreed for the following summer (2020) for a sum of 25 million.” But what happened next ended up benefiting the Athletic. What happened? What Luciano Spalletti, who was the coach of the Inter who had requested it and for which those negotiations that ended with a verbal agreement had been established, he left the club. So the new coach of the team, Antonio Conte, changed course and concentrated on recruiting Romelu
Lukaku and the matter of the Argentine was in the background.
In view of the Belgian's performance, it is obvious that he was not wrong, but in relation to the Argentine it was a decisive step so that he did not end up arriving.
Now, in this present market, when the Athletic broke in, the AC
Milan and his own InterIn a very timid way this second, yes, they tried to convince one of the great favorites of Serie A. To no avail.