Atlético has a problem in the attack point. When the team marched with fantastic numbers in the League, with 17 goals scored in seven games, the break was reached where several players they came back out of combat, including a Luis Suárez who like his compatriot Torreira contracted the coronavirus.
Despite this, and with a good final 20 minutes by Diego Costa to retain the ball and give the team a start, defeated Barcelona 1-0 ending the league curse against the Blaugranas. That return of Costa from injury linked to the loss of Suárez seemed to open the doors of the eleven to the Spanish-Brazilian, who was aiming to start against Lokomotiv. However, on Wednesday it was announced that “suffer from spontaneous deep vein thrombosis in the right leg. It is not related to trauma or previous injury and is pending evolution. “A disease that could be directly related to the coronavirus that the player recently overcame and that will take him off the pitch for an unlimited time. Health comes first and foremost. He will only return when his return is completely safe.
At the moment, Simeone has been left without a center forward. Waiting for a negative from Suárez in his PCR, Saponjic still does not count the least for the Argentine coach. And against Lokomotiv it was clear that Atlético suffers without a reference above. It is true that against Barcelona or against Osasuna, where Suárez rotated and Costa was out, the team left a great level of play and was able to get the three points. But that lack of '9' does not seem like a good idea with continuity. The team needs a reference that stretches the block and opens the game between the lines for the João Félix, Correa and Koke, who exploit their virtues in those spaces.
January market
In little more than a month the transfer market reopens. Luis Suárez is not physically able to endure all the minutes at the current pace of competition, always working during the week. If the loss of Diego Costa is extended, the club studies options to reinforce itself in winter. And it is a market exploited by the rojiblanco club. Every year, except for the FIFA sanction, a player has arrived in January.
Last year It was Carrasco, when they had tried until the last minute to get Cavani, the player who joined mid-course. The Uruguayan escaped, and would have been the fourth striker to sign for Atlético in January. In the 2014-15 season Fernando Torres He returned home as a gift from kings in a loan exchange with Cerci to Milan. With the arrival of the 2018 winter market, the FIFA sanction for Atlético ended, which finally he was able to register Diego Costa and Vitolo. The '19' has not been able to find the level of his previous stage in this return. Finally is Morata, signed in January 2019 on loan from Chelsea, where Atlético ended up exercising the purchase option, although it recently headed to Juventus.
And that would once again be the formula that the rojiblanco club would study. The economic situation prevents any important arrival and It was already very complicated to be able to get hold of Kondogbia after the departure of Thomas. But the format through assignment with which the winter arrivals of Sosa, Diego, Torres, Cani, Morata and Carrasco yes, it would be a new option and possibilities are beginning to be considered. Everything will depend on the evolution of Costa, but if his loss is in the long term, the position of '9' is very compromised. The market can be the solution if it offers an option that is economically affordable and that improves the benefits of what is already in the workforce. For the moment, the youth squad Camel will be the first natural replacement of a Suárez on which the hours are already counted to have him back.