Atleti B will once again face the dream of being able to be promoted to the Second Division next season and will do so with a luxury reinforcement: Joel Ngoya. The 18-year-old French player has chosen the rojiblanco team despite having interest from England with clubs such as Arsenal, Everton and Manchester United following in his footsteps and is now officially a mattress player after signing until 2024 as a free agent.
The pivot stands out for its ability to ball distribution, good technique and physical power (measures 1.88). Ngoya arrives from Lille, with whom he has played in the Youth League. Lefty, he's a regular at lower categories of the French national team and has established himself as one of the great promises of the blues in the position, which had raised the interest of multiple European teams.
Ngoya issued his first impressions as an rojiblanco player through the official Atlético website. After defining himself as “a midfielder, tall, technical, competitive, hard-working and fighter,” he indicated that “I am very happy to arrive at Atlético de Madrid. It is a great club to which you cannot say no. It is a dream come true and they have received me very well. Atleti is one of the biggest clubs in Spain and in the world. I have known the Wanda Metropolitano, it is a great stadium in which I dream of playing and I am very proud to be here. I can already imagine the atmosphere and feel what this club is like. “
Atlético B qualified for the second consecutive season to dispute the playoff for promotion to Second after leading for much of the season the Group I of Second B, but the stoppage caught him when he was third. The Sabadell, which would end up getting the promotion, was the rojiblanco executioner in the first round of playoffs on penalties after tying at one in 120 minutes.