Thomas Lemar (24 years old) does not raise his head. The French midfielder arrived last season from Monaco for 70 million euros, being until the incorporation of João Félix the most expensive signing in rojiblanca history. However, his performance so far has not been in line with the disbursement made by Atlético for him and that is reflected in his market value, since according Transfermarkt today it costs only 24 million. His first season at the club It closed with quite discreet numbers (three goals and six assists in 43 games played). This could be attributed to the difficulty of adapting to the change of league or to the systems of Simeone, a technician who is characterized by demanding a total commitment to all its players, regardless of their status.
Is second campaign with the mattresses it must be that of your confirmationn as an important piece of the entity, but nothing further from reality. Today, Lemar's contribution to Atlético's statistics is immaculate: neither goals nor assists. These figures only share them the goalkeepers (for obvious reasons), Beautiful (is he central room team) and Saponjic (whose presence is testimonial in the mattress insole).
But these bad data They have not made a dent in the desire that both the club and the coach have for Lemar to step forward to get involved and show the talent that he already brought out in Monaco and in his team (he is world champion) and that earned him his arrival at Atlético. Simeone has not thrown in the towel and recently showed his trust in him and assured that the ball is on the roof of the French midfielder to join the dynamics of rotations and be one more in the technician plans Argentinian.
A sample of the trust that Cholo has is that gave him ownership in the party of first leg of Champions in the Wanda Metropolitano before Liverpool (1-0), although he was replaced at the break by Marcos Llorente. Then the break came due to the coronavirus and The return of the league competition has not brought better news for Lemar. In the nine national championship matches played since then has only been a starter once (on matchday 30 against Valladolid in the Wanda Metropolitano) and he has not jumped onto the pitch five times, accounting for a total of 106 minutes out of 810 possible. He has been relegated in the midfield rotation by Carrasco, Vitolo and, above all, the irruption of Llorente.