Iago Aspas was Atlético de Madrid's plan B to replace Griezmann's march to Barcelona, as revealed Sports Carousel. The Celta striker was among the alternatives Andre Berta, Cholo Simeone and Gil Marín had on the table. He liked it because it was the closest thing there was in the market to fill the gaps left by the Frenchman's departure in the rojiblanco team. Then Mendes arrived and offered João Félix and things took a 180 degree turn with the Portuguese landing in the Metropolitano.
A rapprochement with Atlético by the Galician striker that he himself has confirmed in Sports Carousel of the SER this same Sunday. “If I got interest from Atlético? Yes, it got to me. I am very happy in my house and very happy. I have a very good relationship with Andrea Berta, I have talked to him about football sometime, I have his phone number. I know there was interest because my brother and my agent told me about it but it did not come to anything else “, affirmed Aspas about the possibility of having been athletic in the summer of 2019. Andre Berta explored the possibility of signing the Celta player, but finally the roads did not finish joining and Aspas continued in Balaídos.