Despite the arrival of Daniel Wass in the winter market, Atlético de Madrid is still looking for a right-back. That is why he did not miss a detail of the tie that pitted Barcelona against Napoli: one of the footballers he follows for that demarcation played him. It is Giovanni Di Lorenzo (28 years old). On his agenda for months, his interest has not faded and for the next market, the summer of 2022, where he will buy the squad for next season, he will be underlined in red. Because the signing of Wass, who was injured in his first game as a rojiblanco, the Camp Nou, knee, was an emergency incorporation. The right-back is not his natural position and Simeone needs to reinforce that demarcation.
Trippier is gone and the shadow of his death is elongated. Key footballer for the Argentine coach. “Being a winger, he has a very high vision of the game for his position. It is not easy to find a side like this“, he acknowledged in an interview with AS in September 2021. Key to the League title, his connection with Llorente strengthened the red and white right wing, but Trippier left in the last market to return to England and Simeone, who two summers ago had three right-backs, was left with only one: Vrsaljko. Hero in Porto, during many games he was sacrificed, however, Llorente, forced to play in that position that he does not like and that turns him off.
“Atleti have always been interested”
Hence, Atlético will look for a right back in the summer and Di Lorenzo likes it in the club’s offices. The player’s representative confirms the interest, in fact. “Given Di Lorenzo’s age, I am always of the idea of selling players also if important offers arrive. If I were at Napoli, faced with an important offer, I would sell it”, he assured in Radio Punto Nuovo. “A figure to sell it? It is not up to me to say that giving a figure would be unfair. Twenty million? I honestly say no. In my opinion it is worth at least 25 or 30 million euros. Offers cannot stop coming for a player like Di Lorenzo,” he added. “Atlético de Madrid has always been interested, so in my opinion there could be more offers. Napoli (with whom he has a contract until 2026), however, must have the idea of selling him.”