Carrasco, another 'low' for Simeone in preseason

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The preseason will begin on September 3. As we tell you, Diego Simeone, mattress coach, will not be able to have several of his players, called up by his national teams for international commitments.

There are already seven casualties with which he has been known today, that of Yannick
Carrasco. Belgium has summoned the player for whom the Athletic negotiates to continue in the project one more season.

Coach Roberto Martinez called a team of 29 men for the start of the League of Nations next month. A roster that includes seven club players from the Premier League despite fears that COVID-19 quarantine regulations may hamper their selection for games against Denmark and Iceland.

Belgium, which tops the ranking of the FIFA, will be looking to extend a 10-game winning streak when facing Denmark in Copenhagen on September 5 and Iceland in Brussels three days later. England is the other team in Group 2 of the Nations League A.

In the extreme case, the Atlético de Madrid He has been working on the continuity of the player for weeks. The mattress club requested it from the player's club, the Dalian Pro Chinese. Carrasco it is clear that you do not want to China. The situation is the following, the mattress club wants him to continue, he wants to continue, but the purchase clause is 30 million euros.

With all Athletic understands that, as the market is, the best option for all parties would be a further extension of the contract. As the rojiblanco team will start next day 3 but Carrasco will have at least ten more days with his country, it is a period that the mattress club wins to solve this matter and that Yannick is put back to the orders of Simeone.