Daniel Wass arrives at Atlético with an almost unblemished record. The Dane joins Simeone’s orders to cover several team deficiencies, with the ability to play as a right back, lane, interior or midfielder, where he has developed a good part of his career in Spain.
But also, one of the great points for the incorporation of the 32-year-old footballer goes through his great physical performance. Celta signed Wass from French club Evian in the summer of 2015 and since then he has participated in 224 league games, 90% of which his team has played (250). And, in nine of them with Valencia, he watched the entire match from the bench, without actually playing by technical decision. Also discounting casualties due to suspension, Wass only has two physical mishaps that have slowed down his participation with the team in the six and a half years he has been in the Spanish competition (He has stopped playing 11 games with Celta and 15 with Valencia).
The last of them due to the coronavirus, which together with Atlético’s interest in having their services he left him out of the match against Sevilla and against the rojiblanco team itself, already negative in COVID, but without entering Bordalás’ call while his departure was being negotiated. In the year 2018, a herniated disc took him out during three games with Celta, without playing against Las Palmas, Atlético and Málaga. And now you can stop counting.
Atlético has had one of its biggest problems this season with injuries. in the center of the rear The casualties of Savic and Giménez, João Félix, Kondogbia, Lemar… even very physical players like Llorente and Griezmann have accumulated they are concentrating injuries and relapses. In a squad as short as Simeone’s, physical strength and resistance to injury is another point to take into account, and Wass is insurance for the cause.