The signing of Daniel Wass reassures Simeone, who had been waiting for a lateral for weeks, and also to Marcos Llorente, the 2 guard. Cholo now has three different pieces for this position and, in some way, they all offer him a certain versatility. The 14, decisive to win the last League and more subdued in this one due to various factors, He is preparing to try again to be the lethal interior that amazed last season.
Wass arrives at Atlético as a replacement for Trippier, so he starts as a right back, but offers more possibilities. In fact, with Bordalás this season he has played much more in midfield than in defence. One of Simeone’s challenges must be to generate a good connection like the one Trippier and Llorente had, but with the Danish in the place of the British.
Llorente’s step back, also in figures
Llorente is the one who has missed Trippier the most. The already Newcastle footballer left on January 7, but the man from Madrid has taken almost everything off. Before, in November, andhe english injured his shoulder; and at the beginning of the course, Trippier started preseason late and gradually joined the team. Y Kieran did not offer the performance of last year either. The sum of all this resulted in Llorente had to act on the side more than he would have liked.
A) Yes, between Wass and the reborn Vrsaljko, although now he counts more as a central than as a lateral, the plan is to recover midfielder Llorente, a striker and a determining factor in the area. The 14 closed the last League with 11 goals and 10 assists, plus one of each in the Champions League. In this course their numbers are limited to an assist in the League and another in the Cup. And Atleti needs the best Llorente, who hastens his recovery from his muscle injury (and subsequent relapse). This is also what the arrival of Dani Wass that so much effort, so many conversations and 2.5 million euros have cost the rojiblanco club. The Camp Nou could be the Dane’s first service as an Atletico side.