The Atletico Madrid He appears this Saturday at El Sadar in a bad situation, both in terms of classification and sensations, in a season in which defensive fragility is the order of the day. It is the course with the most goals conceded in the entire era Simeone. Never before had the mattress team received that many goals, when there is still a third of the campaign ahead.
The continuous losses in defense, the exit of Trippier, the poor planning in this plot, the weakness of the midfield… Many factors are influencing that Atlético finds itself in this scenario. And to try to fix the problems, the rojiblanco club thought of a footballer who will be in front on the pitch this Saturday.
We refer to David Garcia. The Osasuna center-back is completing a spectacular season. He also shone in the past, which led Atlético a few months ago to consider signing him to reinforce a defense that was failing.
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From the Metropolitan they contacted the rojilla entity, which from the first moment declared the player non-transferable, referring the rojiblancos, like all interested parties, to his termination clause, which is 20 million euros. An amount that pushed Atlético back, which has signed reinildo and Wass in this winter market for a figure of around five million. Both.
At 28 years old, David García is in a moment of full maturity which has led him to be one of the best central defenders in LaLiga. Forceful in the cut, imperial by high, with good placement, with aerial power to damage the rival area in set pieces, and connoisseur of the Spanish championship, in the Metropolitan they saw him as an ideal reinforcement, but this Saturday, he will be opposite in El Sadar.
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