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Atlético de Madrid has a long tradition of having some of the best forwards in Europe. The mattress box always looks for among the most outstanding. And in this case it also did, although it did not come to fruition.
We are talking about one of the best strikers in Europe. From Cyrus
Immobile, front of the Lazio, which in recent seasons has fought to be Golden Boot in Europe. Their numbers are brutal. Last season he scored 39 goals, in the previous one they were “only” 19, but in 17/18 he signed 41.
He is one of the most effective scorers … and could be from Atlético de Madrid. The player will visit with the Lazio, this Wednesday at Borussia
Dortmund, in Champions League.
For him it will be a special shock because he returns to Signal Iduna Park, the stadium that was his home in the 14/15 season. He was chosen to replace Lewandowski, who had just signed for Bayern. That he Athletic he pushed hard for the Italian it was known. Now his best friend confirms it in Germany, Sandro Ferone, in the press of the transalpine country.
This innkeeper, owner of the restaurant Acqua PazzaRemember that in that campaign it could be very different. “It happened here in the worst year in the last twenty. There was a lot of pressure. I had a good relationship with him, he is a genuine boy ”, he explained to‘ Radiosei ’.
“The Dortmund he wanted it at all costs, he chose Germany even though that him Atlético de Madrid I wanted him. At first he scored regularly, then did not take a suspension in the round of 16 of the Champions“Recalled the host.
And it is true. The Athletic went for him after leaving Diego Costa to the Chelsea, when he ended up signing Mandzukic and wanted to form one of the most fearsome pairs of Europe. The Italian came from a great campaign with Torino, with whom he had scored 23 goals. Dortmund took him for 18.5 million euros. A bargain.
THE IMMOBILE CONFESSION
The protagonist himself acknowledged a few months ago that he may have signed for him Athletic but he preferred the German proposal. “I went abroad because I had two proposals: Borussia
Dortmund Y Atlético de Madrid. I liked both of them, but I already had an agreement with the Germans and didn't feel like taking the floor. The Borussia had to Klopp, played the final of the Champions
League and won a championship. He was a great team. That year was not what I wanted, but it was not bad. He was a stranger on a team used to winning, and that was a difficult time for. I scored ten goals in total, four in the Champions League. It was complicated, the coach only trusted the veterans to climb the hill and it was right that he trusted them. Young people and foreigners were pushed aside a bit, ”he pointed out.