Atlético assumes that this summer there will not be many movements in the squad (“Three or four at the most,” says Gil Marín), first because of the economic constraints and second because it is understood that the big renovation happened last summer. But still the market is probed, looking for opportunities to prop up the team, knowing that the margin is tight. And in sports management there is a name that has not disappeared from the agenda: Rodrigo Moreno.
The 29-year-old Valencia forward he was about to sign last summer for Atleti, who keeps looking at attackers. And the club, in the middle of the revolution, would be open to sell your player, that a season later has lost value. The crisis has devalued the market in general, but also the bad season of the team and that of the footballer have caused the international's price to fall.
But it would not be an easy operation either. Faced with the economic crisis, LaLiga will only allow you to invest in transfers 25% of what is obtained with sales or savings for exits of players or end of contract. So the route that the rojiblanco club is looking for is that of barter, or at least try to lower the price as much as possible by exchanging footballers. And there Atlético has several names to place on the negotiating table.
Parts exchange: Arias, Herrera, Vitolo …
For example, Valencia is looking for a right back and the colchoneros can offer Arias or Vrsaljko, both international. The Croatian has barely been able to participate due to his knee problems, but he has fulfilled when he has had opportunities, and the Colombian has gone from less to more. And in attack there are other footballers who could please in Mestalla, either in property or in the form of a loan, such as Herrera, Vitolo or Lemar.
Rodrigo is a footballer like Simeone because in addition to being up front he can act in the second line, even down on the wing. It is not a pure nine or a high-figure scorer, but it would be a good complement for the attack, with dribbling, mobility and good vision to give assists. If he has not been in the Wanda Metropolitano for a year, it is because at the last minute a three-way operation that should take Correa to Milan was watered down. Now the context has changed, but Atlético does not forget Rodrigo.